The tiny train station of the now long gone Nittaw. Click here to learn more about Nittaw.
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This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
This photo is from ‘ Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden, page 97. You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Temple Beth-El, Pensacola, @1900.
on May 11, 2014
at 2:30 pm
This is the second structure of Temple BEth-El. The same congregation built the synagogue in Florida in 1876. Both buildings were destroyed by fire. The congregation still thrives in their third building built in the 1930s. Click here to learn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Lutz United Brethren Church, 1914.
on May 4, 2014
at 1:05 am
Here’s the 1914 congregation of the Lutz United Brethren Church in 1914. The church is now the First United Methodist Church of Lutz. You can visit their website and learn more about the church by clicking here. This photo is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Cheese Cottage, Winter Park Mall, 1967.
on April 29, 2014
at 2:29 am
Who remembers the ‘Cheese Cottage’ in the Winter Park Mall in Winter Park? This is from the ‘Florida Heritage Cook Book’, page 144. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Click here to plan a rip to visit the Garden Key Fort Jefferson lighthouse. This photo is from ‘ Guide to Florida Lighthouses’ by Elinor De Wire. Click here to purchase or below.
This painting of he Cape Florida lighthouse was completed using oils by Boyer Gonzales around 1900. In the foreground is a Tequesta burial mound. This image is from ‘Key Biscayne’ by Joan Blank, page 89. You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is Lou Tarcai at the wheel with his sons and nephew performing the traditional parade wave. This photo is from ‘Osceola County Centennial 1887-1987’ by the Centennial Book Committee. Click here or below to purchase a copy of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Orlando Air Base Post Chapel, 1943.
on March 23, 2014
at 1:27 am
Here’s the chapel that once sat within the boundaries of the Orlando Air Base. This postcard was mailed in 1943 by Private William A. Jarnox who left his address on the postcard as Rollins College, Winter Park. He mailed the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is of the Strayhorns sometime in the early half of the 1900s. The photo has no other information, but this is curious. Due to how photography was done at the time, this had to be posed. But, why?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…