Downtown St. Petersburg during another Boom, post WW II. The area was thriving and would well into the ’60s.The strip of trees jutting off shore and into the water is what is better known today as the pier area. Hard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s Really Cool” declares the sign of an installation of the new-fangled air conditioner at the Golf Park Building restaurant in Miami in the 1920s or 30s. Seth Bramson, author of the book noted below, notes that the open doors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad appeared in the Miami News, January 16th, 1950. Notice the round trip to Key West – $6.25! For those too young to know: Greyhound stations were rather prominent in Downtown areas of cities all over Florida. Bus travel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Shrine of La Leche, St. Augustine. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services. This postcard doesn’t have a date on it. Well, that is except for the date of September 8th, 1565, which is when it is thought our country’s first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
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…