Walter Powell, daughter and friend at Smith’s Stemper Store in Land O’Lakes in the 1920s. This photo is from Elizabeth & Susan MacManus’ ‘Going, Going…Almost Gone’, 2012. Author MacManus points out that folks then, as now, would get baby critters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida History
Here’s the tram car rolling along Lincoln Road in Miami beach, 1972. This postmarked postcard was mailed to Louise Castanzo in Atlantic City, N.J. It’s a bit hard to read, but it seems the card is from William Saxon. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the 1904 graduating class of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.Apparently none were too happy of this outcome. 😀 It is odd how the solemn, if not agitated, face was prevalent during this period as photographs were taken. You’d think one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: A shoe glove from the Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven, @1950.
Here’s a shoe glove to clean your shoes given away while staying at The Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven. Not sure which corner the motel was at on US 17 & County road 544. However there is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
F3 diesels departing Tampa with the Royal American Shows carnival train. The Florida Railroad Museum acquired several cars from the RAS in the 1980’s. Photo by William Lenoir, by way of the Florida Railroad Museum- http://www.frrm.org/ . ……. ….#Train #FloridATrain[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s what so many came to see when visiting Marine Studios (Also known as Marineland)…………..#Florida #Marineland #FloridaFun #FloridaLife #FloridaLiving #Floridalifestyle
During Swampy’s travels, came across this former Gulf Station in Quincy. It’s a stand alone museum, maintained by friends and family of the owners. This location was known as the Gulf Oak Station. At one time, a large oak was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obviously posed photos of, Florida Governor LeRoy Collins’ daughter, Darby with turkeys celebrating Thanksgiving. LeRoy Collins served as Florida Governor from 1955 to 1961. During that time he seriously altered and shifted real estate to a main driving force of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the early 1900s and the Ingham Dairy horse drawn cart makes it’s way through Pensacola delivering milk. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the 1909 line up of football players for the University of Florida Gator team. > . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Sports #Football #FloridaSports #Gators #UF #UniersityOfFlorida
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Saturday: The Empire Room, Hotel Roosevelt, #Jacksonville, 1950s.
Here is The Empire Room of the old Hotel Roosevelt in Jacksonville. This dining area was once considered one of the best in the southeast. That unfortunately ended September 1st, 1926 when a fire at the hotel became the greatest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Florida native “Fireball” Roberts making a turn in Ormond Beach. This is all pre-NASCAR and the races that moved inland and seen this evening. This photo is from ‘Daytona’ by Ed Hinton.You can purchase a copy of this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…