This ad appeared in the Miami News, January 16th, 1950. Notice the round trip to Key West – $6.25! For those too young to know: Greyhound stations were rather prominent in Downtown areas of cities all over Florida. Bus travel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Advertising
Found this ad for the Elise Frank School of Art in a 1949 copy of Literary Florida.
This ad is from the July, 1949, copy of ‘Literary Florida’. Here’s what the location of Warwick’s Village looks like today: View Larger Map
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: The Breakers, Palm Beach
This matchbook is from the infamous and exclusive The Breakers in Palm Beach. Click here to learn more about and plan a trip to The Breakers. Do be warned that parking for even a short time at the facility is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Flipper’s Sea School, Grassy Key, mid-’70s.
Here’s an advertising card for ‘Flipper’s Sea School’ that existed from 1972 to 1977. Prior to that the location was known as ‘Santini’s Porpoise School’ and housed one of the porpoises from the TV series ‘Flipper’. After 1977, the location[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the carton cover of Gustafson Farm’s Half and Half. Gustafson Farm’s milk products have been a staple in Florida homes since 1908. They’ve been continuously around Green Cove Springs. The cartons have been gone a while now, but look[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: La Mark Charles Motel, Pinellas Park.
This is what beckoned visitors to the La Mark Charles Motel in Pinellas Park on US 19. The motel is still open today! Here’s what the La Mark Charles Motel looks like today: View Larger Map
This photo is form a 1960 Florida Department of Agriculture brochure, ‘This is Florida Land of Sunshine’, promoting tourism in the state. The Commissioner of Agriculture at the time was Lee Thompson, who states in the brochure that Florida produces[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Colonial 5 & 10ยข Store, Orlando
Here’s one of the five and ten cents stores in Orlando fifty plus years ago. Not sure of the date of this matchbook but would guess about 1960. Please post any comments below if you have memories of going to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Lion Country Safari, 1970s.
Here’s an advertising card for Lion Country Safari from the 1970s. This is, as is 99.9% of what is seen on this site, part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Publix, where shopping is a pleasure, 1978
This Publix ad is from the Springtime Tallahassee program from 1978.
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Remember Sun Bank?
Here’s a 1980 Sun Bank money envelope from the Swampy’s Florida collection. Below is the flip side of the envelope. Today Sun Bank is known as SunTrust.