Swampy’s #Florida Ads from February 4th, 1930, The Palm Beach Post.
90 years ago today this advertisement appeared in the Palm Beach Post today. You can still buy a Frigidaire…just not a new model like this!
90 years ago today this advertisement appeared in the Palm Beach Post today. You can still buy a Frigidaire…just not a new model like this!
To celebrate the day of birth of Ben Franklin, in 1706, the gang flies a kite. You can learn more about Ben Franklin by clicking here: http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234 If you watch the Biography full episode, it is narrated by, actor and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad for Lyles Motors that was in Ocala. The advertisement was in the January 14th issue of the Ocala Star-Banner. This is what the Lyles Motors site looks like today: View Larger Map
This ad for Anthony’s store in West Palm Beach is from the Palm Beach Post, January 7th, 1940. Anthony’s opened in Palm Beach County in 1895! Today Anthony’s now has locations all over Florida and you can plan a visit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Florida East Coast Railway depot in New Smyrna Beach in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2PVo74w
The Clearwater depot of the 1880s seems to stand empty as an Orange Belt train leaves the station. This photo is from ‘The Plant System Of Railroads, Steamships And Hotels: The South’s First Great Industrial Enterprise’ by Gregg M. Turner[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Kissimmee Masonic Lodge members and those associated await a train for a trip in the 1890s. These days the Masonic Lodges, and so many more organizations, have a far smaller congregation. People are spending more time entertaining themselves than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nestled on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park is Knowles Memorial Chapel. Earlier this month the services for former Rollins president, Thaddeus Seymour were held here. The postcard has no postmark and was printed in Asheville, North Carolina,[…]↓ 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 or below.
This is back when Sulphur Springs was a tourist attraction. The Sulphur Springs area was the magnet for tourists back in the 1920s. There was a hotel, this slide, a movie theater, etc. It ended as the boom ended. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Seaboard Air Line train depot in Ocala in the early 1900s. In 1917 the Seaboard Air Line and the competing Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, with a depot down the road from this one, combined to create a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…