Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Stan’s Famous Steaks, Tampa.
by SwampysFlorida on January 26, 2012 at 8:08 amHere’s Stan’s Famous Steak House that was on west Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. On the back of the un-posted postcard there isn’t any other address information, so I’m not sure where this was. I’d have to guess this had to be near Florida or Nebraska Avenues along Hillsborough Avenue. Feel free to post below anymore you might know or memories of Stan’s.
Notice the grouping of like colored chairs set along the outside. Also, what appears to be a octagon shaped structure. I wonder if it continued to the back. Also – it’s hard to tell by the postcard – if that milkshake shown on the top was really there or added onto the card.
Here’s a brochure of the Edison House in Fort Myers. Not sure what date this came out, but it appears to be around 1960. Feel free to add any other history below!
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Caspar’s Alligator Jungle!
by SwampysFlorida on January 19, 2012 at 1:01 pmHere’s a postcard of the old Caspar’s Gator Jungle. I wish this postcard had two things: 1) a postmark 2) an address. I’ve seen much about Caspar’s over the years. I know I’ve read about it, but the memory is failing here. My books about St. Augustine only focus on the ancient side of the area. I guess a Swampy’s Florida edition is due to cover the ancient and not so ancient areas of St. Augustine.
Please feel free to fill in my memory gaps.
Click here to see this 1952 advertisement I found through Google of Caspar’s Gator Jungle handbags ad from the music magazine, Billboard. The ad is on the right handside of the page at the top. Look at the DETAIL of the handbag.
Tomorrow! The new Swampy is revealed!!!
by SwampysFlorida on January 17, 2012 at 1:43 pmHere Terisa Glover works to create a new Swampy, working from design to sewing to stuffing.
What will he look like? A bit more like the cartoon version.
When can you see him? The new Swampy will be revealed on Florida Tourism Day, Wednesday, January 18th.
Tune in tomorrow for the unveiling of the new Swampy!
Live on UStream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/swampy-s-florida
In case of technical difficulties it might also be seen on this channel:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rob-smith-jr—cartoonist-at-large
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: The Gulf Ranch, Indian Rocks Beach
by SwampysFlorida on January 17, 2012 at 8:07 amThe Gulf Ranch is now gone and replaced by the Holiday Villas II, a condominium complex.








