Here’s a photo of a train cutting the ribbon at the opening of the Fort Lauderdale train station in 1956. The photo is from the Florida State Photo Archives. . . . . #Trains #Railroad #Transportation #FloridaTravel #FloridaTransportation #Travel #USTRAvel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
$25 was given to E.V. Sayers to purchase band uniforms for the Largo High School band he started, and the first in the area. Sayers was a former cornet player in John Philip Sousa’s marching band. This photo is from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The gang doodles for National Doodle Day! Alva, the mouse, doodles a Lion for Lion Country Safari, West Palm Beach. Trilby doodles a steak thinking about a great steak at Tropical Acres Steakhouse, Fort Lauderdale. Zuber doodles Bok Tower Gardens,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A breezy day today throughout our state and Trilby learns he can take flight! #UmbrellaDay
This advertisement is from February 3rd, 1982 in the Miami News. Has anyone here seen a show at the Diplomat? Please leave any memories below!
January has been National Oatmeal Month and Zuber enjoys a big bowl of oatmeal…with a few Tender Vittles for flavoring. Florida has it’s own oats – Sea oats. A visit to many of our state’s beaches and you will see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a page I drew for the upcoming ‘Swampy’s Florida Dunellon’
Pioneer Florida Museum and Village is a terrific place to spend the afternoon for a leisurely stroll through Florida historic structures and exhibits. There’s the Trilby train station moved to the location along with an engine and caboose. The old[…]↓ 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…
The Catalina Inn opened at 33rd Street and Interstate 4 connected to the Catalina Isles neighborhood that still sits between the hotel and Clear Lake behind it. Since it’s opening in the late 1960s the hotel has had many names.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s still with us! Click here to plan a visit to the Daytona Beach Kennel Club. This is a part of the Swampy’s Florida collection!
‘Funny Folks Behind the Serious Business of Cartoons’ is the name of a fun panel of Florida cartoonists and author Tim Hollis this Saturday at the Orange County Regional History Center. Tim Hollis starts off the event at 12:30[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…