It’s the first run in 1888 of the Orange Belt Railroad running between Orlando and St. Petersburg. This photo is from the book ‘From Pines and Palmettos – A Portrait of Largo, Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s a watercolor painting I made a while back for my Swampy’s Florida collection. It’s of a spot in Melbourne Village in Brevard County. I figure I’d post an actual painting that i hope inspires you all today! Inspires to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is just half of a full page spread of locomotives from ‘Black Gold and Silver Sands’ by James D. Snyder. Trains were the way to transport sugar out of the Everglades area. U.S. Sugar had a team of trains[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida live at Mister Fish in Lakeland nabbing a yummy fish sandwich and visiting the owner Michelle and, Swampy’s pal, Terisa Glover. Mister Fish celebrates 50 years this year!
Here’s the Sanford & St. Petersburg Railroad, 1893. This photo is from ‘Tampa: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow’. You can purchase one by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/2Y3X7ks
Here’s a postcard that has no postmark. It’s labeled on the back: ‘View from wharf with skyline of Tampa, Florida in the background’. The skyline looks like the postcard might be from around 1980. What do you all think? […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy was in Orange Park Sunday at the St. Johns Country Day School and came across this wonderful statue of children playing musical instruments. You can learn about St. Johns Country Day School by clicking here: https://www.sjcds.net/ Here’s more background[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A postcard of a “River Scene’ in Clermont in Lake County. This is undated but would guess is from sometime in the early part of the last century. I would also guess the “River” is really somewhere between Lake Minneola[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Me, Swampy together tonight at the opening dinner for the Florida SpringsFest with Ricou Browning & Jordan Klein, Sr. Ricou Browning is best known as the underwater Gill-Man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon. But he contributed so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Pensacola Union Depot for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad circa 1900. This version of the station opened in 1882 and closed in early 1900. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – Florida First Place City’. You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the few drive-ins in Florida. The inside and outside service is one of even fewer in Florida. Oddly, one of the more significant similar layouts is nearby near Winter Haven, Andy’s Igloo. The food is fair to very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…