Alva loves riding on trains! Model trains have always been popular in Florida since the wooden version appeared over a century ago. This was mostly due to the prevalence of trains wherever anyone lived in our state. Often trainspotting could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s the locomotive of the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in Tallahassee in 1901. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R This book is[…]↓ 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…
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…
This is a wood burning engine of the Atlantic Coast Line in St. Petersburg in 1908. This photo is from ‘Tampa Bay Through The Times’ by the St. Petersburg Times. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a train of the Florida East Coast Railroad making it’s way out of Jacksonville on it’s way to Miami. The train is Mountain 432. That’s the St. Johns River below. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Florida Festival in south Orange County, early 1980s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
This unmailed postcard was produced by the ‘Florida Festival’ folks themselves. ‘Florida Festival’ was an upscale bazaar like attraction that was across, owned and run by ‘Sea World’ that sat across the street. Tourists mostly went to this spot where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Henry Plant’s train rumbles away from Henry Plant’s Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Belleair around 1900. At this time the train actually entered the building. While working to save the Biltmore, once the largest wooden occupied structure in the world, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Greetings from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, 1973.
Here’s a 1973 postmarked postcard of the Kennedy Space Center! This postcards is part of the Swampy’s Florida Floridana collection. . . . . . . . . #Florida #CapeCanaveral #FloridaLife #FloridaLifeStyle #FloridaLiving #History #FloridaLiving #Space #FloridaAttractions #FloridaHistory
Here’s the first train coming down the tracks in Apalachicola, April 30th, 1907, almost 112 years ago.. This photo is from ‘Bicentennial Guide to Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below : https://amzn.to/2ItxbuA[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Looks Like Spring Break 1975 in Fort Lauderdale!
Somebody named Betty mailed this to Missouri in 1975 informing Ed not to be worried about the “lite bill”, she’ll take care of it when she gets home. In the meantime, it looks like she was enjoying Fort Lauderdale Beach[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A passenger train comes in from south Florida to the Stuart train station sometime in the 1940s. This was back the rails would have rains coming and going. The fencing was to prevent folks running between trains. This photo is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…