Greetings from Largo in Pinellas County! – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on November 4, 2024
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In Swampy’s travels over time he has seen many a wee child play with toys. Toys are played a lot less these days. Decades ago playing with toys were also a rite of passage to future endeavors for young people.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A little person with a big hat stands atop this locomotive ran that between 1889 until 1895 from Jupiter to Juno. The railroad was named the Celestial Railroad. It’s name came as two other rail stops between Jupiter and Lake[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The 1954 film, ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’, is not known for it’s Florida location shots. However, the underwater scenes were shot in, what is now, Ed Ball Wakulla Springs State Park thirty minutes south of Tallahasasee. The underwater shots[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby, Zuber and herd of reptiles storm away from attacking candy corn! Will this ever end? Why has Trilby been chased all week? Find out tomorrow! You can learn more about Candy Corn Day by clicking here: http://adweek.it/1LX8EEY . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard : The Burt Reynolds Theater, Jupiter.
on October 28, 2024
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Actor, Burt Reynolds built this theater in Jupiter and opened in 1979. It was just north of Riviera Beach where he grew up and his father was a municipal police officer. The theater was very successful at first and Reynolds[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Atlantic Coast Line train depot in Bartow in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4eWuopm This book is aprt of the Swampy’s Florida colelction.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard – Spring Side Motel, Ocala, 1950s.
on October 24, 2024
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Here is the Spring Side Motel in Ocala on Silver Springs Boulevard in the 1950s. The postcard declares a Free T.V. in every room, 28 units and 100% air conditioned. Here’s what the motel looked like in 2007: The motel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was the late ’50s in the U.S. Prosperity was king after the economic buildup since the end of WW II. Vacationing in Florida by plane, Delta in this case, was becoming the thing to do. The ‘Tin Can Tourist’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva thought she’d play Air Traffic Control to control the mosquito air space. The mosquitoes have other ideas. You can learn more about International Day of the Air Traffic Controller here: https://www.icao.int/secretariat/PostalHistory/ifatca_international_federation_of_air_traffic_controllers_associations.htm …………#InternationalDayoftheAirTrafficController #Celebration #Daily #Dailyart #Dailycartoon #cartoon #Happy #AirTrafficControl[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards : Hotel Fort Harrison, Clearwater.
on October 17, 2024
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The Fort Harrison Hotel is still standing on Fort Harrison Avenue as it did when the hotel opened in 1926, at the height of the Florida Boom. It remained a hotel until 1975 when the Church of Scientology bought the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Palm Beach Garden of Eden.- Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on October 14, 2024
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All of Florida was a botanical wonder before we went on a building spree. This postcard reproduction is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. ….#Postcards #FloridaPostcard #Collectibles #PalmBeach #GardenOfEden #Florida