Archive for March, 2014
I gave a talk to a cartooning class run by a pal of mine in The villages Thursday night. Many there purchased Swampy’s Florida books. Here are two with the drawings I drew inside each!
Here is Lou Tarcai at the wheel with his sons and nephew performing the traditional parade wave. This photo is from ‘Osceola County Centennial 1887-1987’ by the Centennial Book Committee. Click here or below to purchase a copy of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard: Hello from Parrot Jungle! 1940s.
Parrot Jungle was once a wonderful place of performing birds within a botanical wonder. That, sadly, is gone now. Parrot Jungle closed years ago. A variation opened miles away on Watson Island, named Jungle Island, which was less about parrots.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Orlando Air Base Post Chapel, 1943.
Here’s the chapel that once sat within the boundaries of the Orlando Air Base. This postcard was mailed in 1943 by Private William A. Jarnox who left his address on the postcard as Rollins College, Winter Park. He mailed the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m in Palm Beach County today staying with friends. One is Rob Labby who performs as a clown and has a couple of very neat circus posters displayed in their house from around 1980 Here’s one! Just last weekend speaking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is of the Strayhorns sometime in the early half of the 1900s. The photo has no other information, but this is curious. Due to how photography was done at the time, this had to be posed. But, why?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soon three new Swampy’s Florida Easter cars will be available! Above is one of the images of the cards.
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.
Sleuth Books has lots of Florida goodies in their booth at this years 33rd Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair goons on now and Sunday in St. Petersburg!