The Dixie Theater, Apalachicola, 1947.
It’s 1947 at the Dixie Theater and the box office looks quiet. Beside the theater with folks looking out is the Louis’ Cafe. This photo is from Florida Memory.
It’s 1947 at the Dixie Theater and the box office looks quiet. Beside the theater with folks looking out is the Louis’ Cafe. This photo is from Florida Memory.
Monkey Jungle has always been as much fun as a barrel of monkeys! As shown in this postcard from around 1970. Sadly, Monkey Jungle is still closed to visitors. Hopefully, it will open again soon for the fun of all![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Southern charm greeted all who entered Cypress Gardens. The Southern Belles were dotted across the property to greet tourists visiting.
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 are the fin-less Weeki Wachee Mermaids in an advertisement for Weeki Wachee Springs in the 1950s. Click here to learn more and plan a visit to Weeki Wachee State Park. This is from ‘Weeki Wachee – City of Mermaids’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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.
This brochure, as with all you see here, is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
The submarine looking boat was actually a glass bottom boat that once roamed the Rainbow River from Rainbow Springs years ago.
Here’s a glass tray once available in the attraction Circus World more than thirty years ago. The image is a replica of the ticket one would pay for to get into Circus World. This glass tray is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an ad for the attraction that once existed at the corner of Interstate 4 and US 27 in Polk County, Circus World. Circus World was declining at this point in attendance and in another few years would close.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend Susan Green is at the Wakulla Springs Lodge and took this photo of the tour boat taking off into the river for one of it’s fantastic trips earlier today. She and her husband were fortunate to take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…