1964 U of F "Florida Alligator" Newspaper Photos and News


2/8/1964
site of Gridley Music (soon to be Lipham Music)



2/17-1964
a week after the Beatles 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan


3/7/1964


3/13/1964
It took one month for the Gainesville Sun to hop on the Beatles bandwagon


3/9/1964
with John Phillips and Scott McKenzie


3/6/1964
first ad for acoustic guitar in Alligator


3/09/1964



3/3/1964


11/22/1964


5/1/1964


5/26/1964
later became Marvin Kaye's Music Center


5/15/1964


5/29/1964
so tough....


5/15/1964


7/17/1964


10/14/1964
State Theatre


11/9/1964
10 months after appearing on Ed Sullivan,the Beatles begin influencing culture...


9/25/1964
This guitar cost the equivalent of $4136 in 2011 dollars...


7/29/1964


11/12/1964


12/4/1964
site of the current Krispy Kreme


11/13/1964
The Latinaires! Ole!


11/11/1964


11/24/1964
hilarious putdown of the Beatles 7 months after the Ed Sullivan appearance


12/3/1964
breaking news regarding the tonsils of a drummer


12/1/1964
This seemed to be the local buzzword for 1964


12/2/1964
by the end of the year, another British band is getting hype.


11/30/1964