Here’s a 1973 photo of the active campus of Florida Technological University (FTU). FTU in now University of Central Florida. This photo is from the 1973-73 course schedule of FTU.
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Quiet time boat ride along Deleon Springs. This photo is from ‘Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 2, Issues 9-14’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Here’s a fold-out brochure of Ocala from 1962. Because of the size of the fold-out, it was very difficult to show here and make much sense. Below is the inside.
Here’s a photo from a 1957 Florida Vacation Guide.
This photo is from ‘The early history of Frostproof: Volume one’ by Doris Lewis. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
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
on May 25, 2013
at 1:57 am
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.
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: San Carlos Hotel, Pensacola.
on May 8, 2013
at 3:09 pm
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.
on April 2, 2013
at 2:24 am
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…