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Archive for Florida Advertising
This is an ad in the November 19th, 1950 copy of the Miami News for Swanson’s turkey available at Table Supply and Lovett’s grocery stores. Table Supply and Lovett’s were owned by the Davis family that would eventual merge there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you wonder why on earth any fool would come to visit Florida… IT’S THE SONG FESTS! THE SONG FESTS! The advertisement above is typical of that used by the Atlantic Coastline Railroad in the ’60s. This one from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: Rainbow Springs brochure, front.
Here’s a brochure for Rainbow Springs in Marion County, before it became a state park. This brochure is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: Howard Johnson’s, Pompano Beach, 1981.
Here’s a brochure for the former Howard Johnson’s that used to stand in Pompano Beach at the corner of Atlantic Blvd. and Pompano Beach Blvd. The rate card that is with the brochure is dated 1981. The building is gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No date on the flyer, but this seems to be the early 1950s. This advertisement is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: Tampa Jai-alai Swizzle Stick
Here’s a swizzle stick from the Swampy collection from the old Tampa Jai-alai, which shuttered on June 29th, 1998. This swizzle stick is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . #Flordia #Sports #FloridaSports #JaiAlai #FlordiaJaialai #Tampa #TampaFlorida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Floridana: Busch Gardens mug, Tampa, 1970s.
Here’s a Busch Gardens mug with the eagle character they used in the 1970s. There are a number of other items with the eagle in Swampy’s collection, but admit that we don’t know the history of it. We remember the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard : The interior of Wolfie’s, St. Petersburg, 1960s.
Wolfies in Miami Beach did so well that the owner, Wilfred Cohen, decided to expand. One of those expansions was on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. Best I’ve learned is that it was open from the 1960s to the early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a brochure from the 1960s advertising Hollywood-By-The-Sea! This brochure is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #FloridaTravel #Travel #HollywoodFlorida
Swampy’s Florida Historic Photos: Dancing Bears in Jacksonville, 1905 !
An acrobatic sideshow for folks in Jacksonville in 1905. This photo is from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…