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Lakeside Inn, Mount Dora, 1973. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard.
on July 20, 2023
at 6:22 am
Here’s a postcard of the Lakeside Inn that has is noted 1973 to Mr & Mrs. Fraun Van De Water of Millbrook, N.Y. The note is from “E.” and states that they have spent “a most delightful time in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from Tampa Bay History magazine. I hope that goat has a driver’s license! All this certainly cheaper than those car-things we drive today! This magazine is part of the Swampy’s Florida library……….#Train #Railroad #FlordiaTrain #Floridarailroad #Floridalife #FloridaLifestyle #Transportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It wasn’t until 1949 until shrimp was fished off Key West for the first time by John Salvadore. This photo was taken at the height of the shrimping season in the mid-1960s. Look at all those boats bringing tons of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why would vacationers come to Florida to get in a noisy, electronic ride when they can play shuffleboard? Here families have fun in this photo from a 1957 Florida vacation guide. This photo is from ‘Florida Vacation Guide – 1957’.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the railroad depot for Sutherland. Sutherland was a shortening of the Southern Land and Development Company. Later Sutherland was renamed Palm Harbor, which still sits in northern Pinellas County beside Dunedin……….#Train #Railroad #FlordiaTrain #Floridarailroad #Floridalife #FloridaLifestyle #Transportation #FloridaTrasportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is photo of the world famous bare foot water skier, George Blair, is from before 1993 when the book with this photo on the cover came out. George got the Banana added to his moniker because of the yellow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘ Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden, page 81. You can purchase one by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3cRqgWV This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Carriage Inn is one of the few lodging spots in this area of Levy County.You can plan a visit to the Carriage Inn here:https://carriage-inn-motel.com/The sign and motel are located here:16872 US-19, Cross City, 32628Their telephone number:(352) 498-3910 Have not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the fully loaded Coca Cola truck in from of the Coa Cola Bottling Co. building in St. Petersburg in 1939. This photo is from Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 1, Issues 1-8. This book isn’t available for purchase.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo of this locomotive in Gainesville in 1881 is from ‘Tap Lines’, a historic railroad site. You can learn much more about the engine and railway line by clicking here: http://www.taplines.net/fs/fs.html . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This scene has mostly changed. The lightest building to the right is still there, along with some others. Is that a shuffleboard court to the far right? There’s a building there now. This photograph is from ‘Bicentennial Pictorial History of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…