Lots no longer with us since this advertisement for a special pull-out section of the Miami News. First gone is the Miami News. The News, a little over a year later, in 1966, started merging with the Miami Herald and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Advertising
Remember when all a child wanted for Christmas was a train? This advertisement is from the December 7th, 2016th edition of the Ocala Star-Banner. . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Sears #Train #Christmas #ADvertising[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: A shoe glove from the Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven, @1950.
Here’s a shoe glove to clean your shoes given away while staying at The Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven. Not sure which corner the motel was at on US 17 & County road 544. However there is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greiner’s, in Ocala, was only 3 years old when they placed this advertisement in the Ocala Star-Banner in 1965. Gifts for Christmas from Greiner’s in Ocala can still be had today! – https://www.facebook.com/greinersclothing/ Please support our Florida local businesses! .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads: What’s playing at the 40th Street Drive-In in Tampa this week in 1954.
This is an actual advertising card for Tampa’s ’40th Street Drive-In’ back in 1954. This was back when a news reel and cartoon was part of the show. Thus noted at the bottom. The theater opened in 1953. The location lasted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Saturday: Warm Mineral Springs, 1964.
Warm Mineral Springs opened as a spa to the public around the time this postcard was sent in 1964. People from all over the world came who wished to heal in it’s waters of a constant 87 degree. Unfortunately, in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Wolfie’s Restaurant, Miami Beach, 1966.
Here’s a card postmarked 1966 of the world famous Wolfie’s Restaurant that once welcomed thousands in Miami Beach.
Swampy’s Florida Ads: A Guide to the Upper Keys, a brochure from ’60s.
This brochure for the Upper Keys (From the Card Sound curve to Long Key) has a nifty cover illustration and a pretty routine layout otherwise. Though fishing is far less popular than it was decades ago, there’s still plenty of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Who remembers the long gone TG&Y? How about Polaroid instant cameras? This advertisement appeared in the Bradford Telegraph in Starke October 27th, 2015 edition. . . . . . . . #Hallowwen #Camera #Photography #SwampysFlorida #TGandY #boo
This theater card is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Hard to find Gold Bond shoes these days. With the typical American hardly wearing shoes anymore, the stylish shoes would unlikely sell well, anyway. At the time, Sears was in Downtown St. Petersburg. This advertisement ran in the October 5th,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the more popular advertising gimmicks across Florida in the 20th century was the sales place mat. Businesses might take the entire image area of the mat. More often, and most popular, was the Florida place mat with photographic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…