This was the new Atlantic Coast Line railroad depot that opened in 1906. The depot was met with complaints. This was urged on, as has always been the case by the constantly disgruntled St. Petersburg Times (Now Tampa Bay Times). The newspaper had, months before the opening, published an editorial about their view that the new depot being built was not up to the paper’s standards and that the “company should have treated us better as they had always promised to do, but – you know how big corporations are.” This riled the public that “We deserve better than this!”
The depot looks pretty nice to me.
Ah, the power of the press.
This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s St Petersburg’ by Hampton Dunn.
You can purchase a copy of this wonderful photo book of Saint Petersburg pre-1975 by clicking here or below.
https://amzn.to/32qbWCS
This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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#Florida #SaintPetersburg #StPetersburg #GArage #Cars #Repairs #Automobiles #Business #FloridaBusiness #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle
Trilby celebrates World Baking Day by baking an entire meal of doughnuts for Swampy and Pasco Pete.
You can learn more about World Baking Day by clicking here:
https://www.holidaysmart.com/holidays/daily/world-baking-day
Tomorrow: Are you endangered?
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This unmailed postcard appears to be from the 1940s-50s. This stretch of buildings still exists on Ulmerton Road, just west of Alternate 19.
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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#Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Floridana #Collectables #Largo #FloridaBusiness
Trilby celebrates Sea Monkey Day by bringing one a banana!
Today is the day to have a Sea Monkey -party!
You can learn more about Sea Monkey Day here:
https://www.newsweek.com/sea-monkey-brine-shrimp-national-may-16-929599
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#SeaMonkeyDay #NationalSeaMonkeyDay #SeaMonkey #cartoon #cartooning #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon #dailyCartoon #Celebration #Florida
Swampy, Pasco Pete, Zuber and Trilby salute our Peace Officers and the service they do for us across the country!
You can learn more about Peace Officers Memorial Day by clicking here:
https://nleomf.org/programs-events/national-police-week
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Not only is this piece of furniture not avaible anymore,
The books inside aren’t around either.
Or the people who might read them.
My, how our living areas have changed.
This advertisement is from the May 14th, 1970, Daytona Beach Morning News.
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#Florida #Books #Furniture #FloridaLife #FloridAliving #FloridaLifestyle #ads #Advertisement #DaytonaBeach #History #FloridaHistory
Penney is dancing!!!
You can learn more about the Chicken Dance here:
https://www.checkiday.com/a0027789c2662a50702b1e0ecc8ced8d/dance-like-a-chicken-day
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#Florida #ChickenDance #ChickenDanceDay #cartoon #cartooning #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon #dailyCartoon #Celebration
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Saturday: Gone Fishin’!
This postcard sure shows why decades of people came to Florida.
Also why egrets have never stopped being in Florida!
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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#Florida #Fishing #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectables #Fish #Sports #FloridaSports #Floridafun #FloridaLiving #FloridaLifestyle
This froggy is bouncing and irritating this turtle to celebrate the writing of Mark Twain’s ‘“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”.
You can learn more about Frog Jumping Day here:
https://www.gocalaveras.com/celebrated-jumping-frog/
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#FrogJumpingDay #NationalFrogJumpingDay #Frogs #Reptiles #cartooning #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon #dailyCartoon #Celebration #Florida
Swampy’s pal, Jackie Harris took this beautiful photograph of the Blue Angels crossing over the city, May 11th, 2024.
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#Florida #BlueAngels #FortLauderdale #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaLiving #AirFlight #Airplanes #Aviation #AirShow
Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services: Union Congregational Church, Tavares.
This is the Union Congregational Church in Tavares. It was built in 1888 after the congregation was organized in 1885. The land for the church was donated by the founder of Tavares, Major Alexander Abrams. Click here for the website for the church to learn more or to plan a visit.:
https://www.facebook.com/UnionCongregationalChurchTavaresFl/
Below are more photos of the building. I took these photos in 2013. Visits going by since has shown little change in the location.
An addition was added in 1988 and this is it:
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#Florida #Church #FloridaChurch #FloridaLiving #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaStyle