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Swampy’s Comic Strip: To The Car (#109)

by SwampysFlorida on January 27, 2012 at 1:20 am

Swampy and friends stop at Trimble Park in Tangerine.

Here is where Swampy and friends are:

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Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Stan’s Famous Steaks, Tampa.

by SwampysFlorida on January 26, 2012 at 8:08 am

Posted In: Florida Critters, Florida Food Stops, Florida Paperwork, Florida Postcards, Swampy's Collectibles

Here’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.

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Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Edison House, Fort Myers

by SwampysFlorida on January 24, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Posted In: Florida Advertising, Florida Amusement Spots, Florida Paperwork, Swampy's Collectibles

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!

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Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Caspar’s Alligator Jungle!

by SwampysFlorida on January 19, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Posted In: Florida Amusement Spots, Florida Critters, Florida Postcards

Here’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.