It’s Milk Chocolate Day and Zuber is ready to chomp into an Angell & Phelps milk chocolate alligator. Trilby, who has been indulging in a make your own box of Angell and Phelps milk chocolates, looks a bit concern of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Henry, second figure from right leaning on gas pump, had one of the earliest gas stations in the area. An office building sits on this site today of the corner of College Avenue and Adams Street. This 1924 photograph includes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Silver Springs Rodeo Parade in July 1947 as it rounds the median at Broadway Avenue and Stewart Streets. This photo is from the ‘Osceola County Centennial Book 1887-1987’ You can purchase a copy by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3ytQAmE .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Travels: Parksdale Farms Strawberry Cookies!
Swampy with Plant City’s Parksdale Farm’s outstanding strawberry cookies. You can purchase these yummy cookies by visiting their location in Plant City or ordering online. You can learn more by clicking here: https://parkesdale.com/
Here we view the St. Johns River in 1972. This photo is from‘Florida’ by Bern and Franke Keating. You can get a copy of this 1972 coffee table size photo book of Florida by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3nchkTC This book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are folks fishing for catfish along Taylor Creek, named for Florida Governor Zachary Taylor, that connects to Lake Okeechobee. This area later became a fish camp. This photo is from ‘Okeechobee Catfishing’ by Lawrence E. Will. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Three States steamboat on the Suwanee River in Branford in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3yhkonO . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Silver Cornet Band run by Professor Ned Wyer. This band play at all kinds of local events around Pensacola in the late 1800s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’, page 78. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: The Great Masterpiece, Polk County
I was speaking to a lady from New York (who is very proud of that location) at an event in Maitland this past weekend and we started speaking about old Florida. The very first location she started talking about were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: Gulfview Motor Co., Fort Walton Beach, 1955.
Here’s an advertisement of the Gulfview Motor Company in Fort Walton Beach in 1955. This was originally posted in the ‘Fort Walton Beach: What We Did’ Facebook page by Gareth Stearns.: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203432763720071&set=gm.10151948584742032&type=1&theater . . . . . . . #Tuesday[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva doesn’t need a whole ear of corn, A kernel is more than enough! A great place to celebrate is at the Coney Island Drive Inn in Brooksville. Their fried corn-on-the-cob is the best Swampy’s Florida has had during our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photograph by the Burgert Brothers shows Franklin Street looking north with the Hillsborough County Courthouse to the right. The court house was built in 1892 for $60,000. . . . . . . . . #Florida #Tampa #FloridaHistory #History[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…