Here’s a pilot training at the Melbourne Naval Air Station during it’s existence between 1942 and 1946. This photo is from ‘The History of Brevard County – Volume 2’ by Jerrell Shofner. You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida History
Swampy’s Matchbooks: Lindy’s Sundries, St. Petersburg.
Lindy’s Sundries matchbook. The address doesn’t seem to exist anymore, so I couldn’t find what is in the place of Lindy’s today.
Dock and packing house in Fernandina Beach in the 1920s. This is from ‘Centre St. – Fernandina Historic District’ by the Amelia Island Fernandina Restoration Foundation. You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
Here’s Miss Florida Special 1963 and, also coming up the steps, “Miss Florida Special 1888” greeting the Florida Special itself. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson. You can purchase this wonderful history of the Florida East[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Paving roadway sure has changed since 1912. This group is paving Eagle Lake Loop in Eagle Lake in Polk County. This photo is from ‘The History of Winter Haven’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
It’s another Coca-Cola distributor in Winter Haven. This photo is from ‘The History of Winter Haven’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
This is Brevard Avenue in Downtown Cocoa in the 1920s. This photo is from ‘History of Brevard County’ by Jerrell Shofner.
The Venetian Causeway opens in 1926 to help folks get back and forth from Miami and Miami Beach. This photo is from ‘Miami: the Way We Were’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
Downtown Fort Myers in 1925. There’s the Lee County Bank, which had the post office in inside at the time. The Edison Theatre played silent movies. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Fort Myers’ by Marian Godown & Alberta Rawchuck. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Tallahassee it’s the Florida Railway and Navigation Company locomotive in 1901. This is from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can purchase a copy by clicking here of below.
It’s Sulphur Springs in Tampa around 1900s. This was once a popular swimming hole in Tampa. At one point becoming a tourist attraction. It was in an area near Tampa that was the community of Sulphur Springs. It had a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…