Archive for Florida Advertising
Swampy’s Matches: Berney’s Restaurant, Jacksonville
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Fort Lauderdale
Here’s a brochure of Fort Lauderdale with a artistic cover. The idea of this sounds good, but after the brochure is folded, the artist and canvas idea gets a bit lost. This brochure opens up further with more illustrated vignettes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Jean’s Candy Shoppe, Miami Beach
From Miami Beach, it’s Jean’s Candy Shoppe. Don’t know anything about Jean’s so please feel free to leave a note if you do. Jean sure had an outstanding book of matches. I’d guess this is from the 1940s. Sorry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Sam’s Style Shop
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Eastern Garden Aquarium in Miami
Swampy’s Matches: Eat at Jenks, Hotel Andrew Jackson, Jacksonville
I know the Hotel Andrew Jackson is no longer with us, but not sure if the building is gone, too. Eat at Jenks was part of the hotel. W.T. Grant department store was also part of the building. Please add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Miami’s Musa Isle
Swampy’s Matches: Flamingo Court, Orlando.
This matchbook is for the Flamingo Court Motel. It once stood right beside the Orlando Motor Lodge, the matchbook of which was featured last week. Both hotels were demolished to have another medical office building built in the area.
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: King Arthur’s Inn in Tampa
This brochure of the King Arthur Inn, that was in Tampa, actually has a fold out cover. After you open the flaps in the front you see the interior below. Below that is the flip side. The hotel is now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Orlando Motor Lodge
Next week is a matchbook from the hotel right next door to the Motor Lodge. Next door to the hotel was the White Turkey Restaurant owned by Champ Williams. This was also the hotel with the tall diving board that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: The Gray line’s trips into the Everglades
There’s no date on the brochure, but I would guess this is from around 1960.