Sneads, the bat, flutters about to celebrate International Bat Nights as certain super heroes feel left out. International bat nights is this weekend where all are encouraged to learn more about bats all over the world. Bats can be found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marineland has had a few different names over the decades. Marine Studios, as shown on the ramp, was one of those as the spot looked toward film opportunities. Today the location is known as Marineland Dolphin Adventure. Though there has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard looks to be from around 1970. The location is the fantastic Homosassa Springs, a location to visit if you haven’t. Click here to learn more: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/ellie-schiller-homosassa-springs-wildlife-state-park This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Birds Of Florida by Frances W. Hall My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve probably got a dozen copies of this and most of those are different editions. Probably had most for 30 years or so. Never read any of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still some of the best 3-D ever created, View-Master had a huge variety of images to pop into it’s viewer to see 2-D images in a new light. For some who didn’t travel it was the only way to experience[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sight to see! Tourists would go to watch the penned sea turtles, called “turtle crawls” or “kraals”, as they swim and bob about. This postcard doesn’t have a date, but I would say the 1940s. The sea turtles were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now here’s how to get through traffic jams! This undated postcard seems to be from around 1900. Oddly, in the corner is a variation of our Florida seal with the words below it: ‘In God We Trust’. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard of the old Casper’s Gator Jungle. Caspar’s was along US 1 a couple miles north of Dowtown St Augustine. James Casper opened it in 1946 and, after some changes in ownership over the years, it closed in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Owen Godwin with his friends at the place he started, Gatorland. The postcard is undated, but I would guess this is from the mid-60s. Swampy’s handler, Rob Smith, Jr., had the opportunity many years ago to speak with Owen’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of my favorite Florida photographs is this one of a seemingly levitating squirrel. Swampy’s friend, B A Bowen Photography, got this photo of the elusive levitating squirrels at the Circle B Bar Reserve.