Here’s the First Presbyterian Church of Pompano Beach. The church looks much the same today. I have some Swampy photos of the church, but can’t locate them at the moment. I’ll post them for another Sunday Services post. Click here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida History
This photo is from ‘The early history of Frostproof: Volume one’ by Doris Lewis. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Here’s the Union Congregational Church in the 1880s at a time where the local Methodists attended services in those early days of the community to be incorporated as Winter Park in 1887. This photo comes from ‘First United Methodist Church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now up there’s a pin even a lousy bowler could hit. Twedt’s opened 53 years ago and you can still hear the strikes coming from the ten lane facility today. Click here to visit the Lanes and see this great[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Hillsborough River State Park
Here’s a postcard of Hillsborough River State Park that’s postmarked 1967 and sent to Westlake, Ohio by a Owen Richart. He writes something that’s hard to read about wind in Ocala and a trip to Juniper Springs.
Here’s a photo of the oldest church in St. Petersburg, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. It opened in 1887 and still thrives today. Click here to learn more and plan a visit. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s St Petersburg’ by Hampton[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: San Carlos Hotel, Pensacola.
This photo is from ‘Fort Meade – 1849-1900’ by Canter Brown, Jr. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Each year since 1895 at this time relatives of those who fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side get together across Florida. Swampy stopped at this year’s event in Orlando at Greenwood Cemetery. Many come dressed of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s 1980 and, television programs, ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Starsky and Hutch’ are in syndication to local television stations. At the time, there weren’t fifty billion channels and this was an inexpensive way for local stations to run programming. Local Channel 6,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Circus World, Polk County, 1982.
This is an ad for the attraction that once existed at the corner of Interstate 4 and US 27 in Polk County, Circus World. Circus World was declining at this point in attendance and in another few years would close.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Getting an Easter feast? These hunters have caught a few turkeys after a day’s hunt in the Melbourne area around 1900. This photo is from ‘Our Florida Heritage’, a collection of reprints from Florida Living magazine.