Who remembers Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour? The Pig’s Trough? Today re-begins posts about matchbooks from Florida. The first one being quasi-Florida. The Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlours were only in select locations around the state, like Tampa, Altamonte Springs, etc. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The image depicts a mighty blustery day, much as we’ve experienced in our state in the past couple days. This postcard wasn’t mailed, but likely included in an package mailed. There is a note on the back from “Frank and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Henry Flagler donated three lots of land to have this first Methodist Church built in Miami in 1898. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Miami’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3LzdaQ1 .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The photograph was taken by Gleason Waite Romer who took photos from 1925 until the early 1950’s all over Dade County. No idea where this was taken or who created the sculpture. Though, this does appear to be taxidermy involving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a part of the Swampy collection that was added when it was mailed in 1977 – this J.M. Fields Super May Sale book. I received it due to the nearby J.M. Fields in Winter Park. In the early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hernando de Soto among the Apalachee by Charles R. Ewen & John H. Hamm My rating: 5 of 5 stars A terrific literal mapping out of DeSoto’s trek across Florida and his visit near Tallahassee. Very thorough and lots of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads: Western Sizzlin Steakhouse, Pensacola, 1974.
A great place to have gone for Prime Rib Day. A place customers could see their steaks cooked. In the late ’80s, the places turned into full buffets. Eventually the owners added a couple of other buffets, included Quincy’s Steak[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Travels: Giant Pineapple in Venus, Florida.
Along U.S. 27 north of Palmdale in Glades County and south of Lake Placid in Highlands County is the community of Venus. That is where you will find the giant pineapple. This got propped up many decades ago to pitch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Seminole Indians in the Everglades.
Friends in Live Oak let me borrow a few postcards to share. This one wasn’t mailed but, based upon the postcard collection, would seem to be from the 1940s. . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A favorite fishing spot in Miami was Pier 5 in Bayfront Park in Miami. It’s no longer there but you can still drop a line nearby. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ Annual Edition, Vol.1′ You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the 1920s and Gilda Grey in her swimsuit finest modeling along the boardwalk in Miami Beach. There used to be boardwalks along the southeastern coast until the power punch hurricanes came through in ’26 and ’28. Only recently have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services: ‘Church of the Holy Name’, Miami, around 1900.
This is the ‘Church of the Holy Name’, the first Catholic church in Miami. It was built on eight lots donated by Henry Flagler. This building was replaced with another church in the 1920s and no longer exists. This photo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…