Swampy’s Florida Historic Photos; Pensacola Dairy Company, 1950s.

by on September 24, 2023 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Florida Food Stops, Swampy's Florida History

Here’s a popular hangout in the 1950s, the Pensacola Dairy Company.Milk and ice cream were on the menu.

This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.
You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
https://amzn.to/31aAuyN

This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
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Swampy’s Florida Postcard : Holmes Beach Pete Reynard’s Yacht Club Restaurant, Holmes Beach, 1950s.

by on September 24, 2023 at 5:49 am
Posted In: Florida Food Stops, Florida Paperwork, Florida Postcards, Swampy's Collectibles

Pete Reynard’s Yacht Restaurant was part of  a larger development described in a story from the Bradenton Herald:

“According to a historical account compiled by the Manatee County Historical Society, town founder Jack Holmes built a supper club-style restaurant on the site in 1953 after island boat owners formed a yacht club. The marina was later built around the restaurant development.

Restaurateurs Pete and Eleanor Reynard leased the restaurant in 1954 and opened Pete Reynard’s Yacht Club. The restaurant closed its doors in 1989, after which several other eating establishments moved in and out of the building.”

You can read much more of what happened to the property here:
https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article34773393.html

As mentioned further in the story above, the structure was torn down in 2002.

This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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Swampy’s Florida Recipes: Bar-B-Q Lima Beans, Sparr in Marion County.

by on September 23, 2023 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida News

Here’s a recipe from ‘Sparr United Methodist Chrurch’.
This one submitted by, member, Margaret Caldwell.
The book is from 1993.

This cook book is currently not available for sale, as I can find.
This book of recipes is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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#Florida #Recipes #FloridaRecipes #Dinner #Meal #Food #BarBQ #BBQ #Sparr

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Swampy’s Florida Friday Train Stops: Inside the Havana Special, Key West, 1930.

by on September 22, 2023 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

Don’t know if these folks are coming, going or if all this was staged, but here they are in the Havana Special in Key West in the throes of the Depression in 1930.

This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson.
You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.:
http://amzn.to/2c3C21F

This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
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#Florida #Friday #Train #key#West #Travel #FloridaTravel #RR #Railroad #Transportation #FloridaTransportation #History #FloridaHistory #FloridaLiving #Floridalife #FloridaLifestyle 

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1st Hotel in Bunnell in Flagler County – Swampy’s Florida Historic Photos.

by on September 20, 2023 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

It’s not a great photograph, but an excellent image of an early typical hotel throughout Florida. In some ways (Awning & facade), this is a rather fancy looking Florida hotel. Especially for Bunnell, in Flagler County.

In this case, the spot is labelled a ‘Tourist Home’. Hotel was more common years later.

This photo is from ‘The Pictorial History of Bunnell’  by the ‘Pioneers of Bunnell’, 1988.
I can’t find this book available at this time.
This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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#Florida #History #FloridaHistory #Bunnell #Hotels #FloridaHotels #FloridaLife #FloridaLiving #FloridaLifestyle #Tourism #Tourists #Travel #FloridaTravel

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