This offer is for me, Rob Smith, to illustrate any animals or fantasy critters. A location can be named. I’ll create the scene, pencil and watercolor on sizes requested: 5″x 5″, 9″ x 12″ or 11″ x 14″. As the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida News
Alva does the humane thing and feeds Trilby cranberries. You can learn more about Eat a Cranberry Day by clicking here: https://www.cookinglight.com/food/in-season/plenty-of-ways-to-celebrate-national-eat-a-cranberry-day . . . . . . . #EataCranberryDay #Cranberry #Celebrate #Celebration #Daily #DailyCartoon #Turkey #Thanksgiving #Happy #Florida #Cartoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Baldwin engine was built in 1919 and, in the photograph, sits in Century, Florida, in 1960.Learn more about the engine and the photo by clicking here. It’s where I came across the photograph. Century, Florida, lines the Florida Alabama[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Who remembers the long gone TG&Y? How about Polaroid instant cameras? This advertisement appeared in the Bradford Telegraph in Starke October 27th, 2015 edition. . . . . . . . #Hallowwen #Camera #Photography #SwampysFlorida #TGandY #boo
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 1940s.
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Here is the repair crew for boats coming into the Pensacola docks in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads from today, 1971: ‘Mr. Steak’, Sarasota, with oddly worded ad.
This advertisement has some very odd wording. Not sure what “Family Place” would have “Best Girl Friend”s to look for. There was an even odder worded ad that I can’t show here. At the time the wording for that ad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A trip into Fort Pierce for food finds our friends after a stop at Joy’s Ice Cream. Trilby has had 3 banana splits, 2 cones and a gallon of mint chocolate chip. A bit too much dessert reflects another celebration[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1880s in the business district on the main street, Wire Street, in Fort Meade. This photo is from ‘In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County, Florida, to 1940.’ You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a recipe from ‘Sparr United Methodist Chrurch’. This one submitted by, member, Margaret Caldwell. The book is from 1993. This cook book is currently not available for sale, as I can find. This book of recipes is part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida says Happy Punch Day!Though Punch Day is more about Kool Aid than swinging punches, thought this a good opportunity to throw in some Miami Beach history. Cassius Clay came into Miami Beach in the early ’60s and left[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…