Swampy’s Sunday Services: Baptist Church, Orlando, 1910.
on February 2, 2014
at 2:31 am
This postcard was mailed February 28th, 1910 from Orlando to Mr. Harold Cady in Bellows Falls in Vermont.
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Looks like a different kind of stret repair than we se these days. Instead of dozens of miles of road construction this block of repair of the street car line along Main Street in Downtown Jacksonville in the 1880s. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: All Saints Episcopal Church, Lakeland
on January 26, 2014
at 2:01 am
This is the All Saints Episcopal Church in the heart of Downtown Lakeland. The postcard wasn’t mailed, so it’s uncertain what year this photo was taken. Click here to go to the church’s website and learn more about it. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida History: The good ol’ days of Circus World in Central Florida!
on January 3, 2014
at 8:08 pm
Southern charm greeted all who entered Cypress Gardens. The Southern Belles were dotted across the property to greet tourists visiting.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St Peter Catholic Church, DeLand
on December 15, 2013
at 11:23 pm
Here’s St Peter Catholic Church in DeLand. Click here to read the history of the church and visit the church’s website to plan a visit to this historic church.
Here’s the DeSoto Fountain in Coral Gables, Florida, which is the subject of this year’s Swampy’s Florida Christmas card this year. This photo was taken not long after it was finished being built. Will reveal the Swampy Christmas card over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was a featured ad in the Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal on December 10th, 1968. Shawn and Casto are out to murder you with laughs at the still existing Traders on A1A. Here’s what Traders and the hotel looks like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The trolley rolls along in Ybor City around 1910. This photo is from ‘Ybor City: The Making of a Landmark Town’ by Frank Trebin Lastra. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
This is Villa Zorayda in St. Augustine around 1884. It still stands today across from Flagler College and the Casa Monica, all three built by Henry Flagler. This structure, now a museum, was designed by Franklin W. Smith. This photo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Burdines ad is from the December 3rd, 1975 edition of the St. Petersburg Times. Below is a close-up showing what a young fellow had to spend to look cool in 1975: Before there were cell phones, there were these:
This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here or below.: https://amzn.to/2Xqr8j1