Here’s Juniper Springs July 14th after Swampy’s Rob Smith Jr. gave a talk about water and Florida history as part of Juniper Springs summer lecture series.
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Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch, Silver Springs.
on June 12, 2012
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Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch was a fixture next to Silver Springs from the early 1960’s to the early 1970’s. The focus was deer and, of all things, Santa Claus. A tourist could feed deer and visit the South Pole at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: El Rancho Hotel Court, Tampa, 1960s.
on May 24, 2012
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The El Rancho Hotel Court is still there at 7100 Nebraska Avenue in Tampa. Very unfortunately, the sign is gone. The card isn’t postmarked, but judging by the cars in the back of the motel, I’d say this is sometime[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Saturday, May 19th, from noon until 3pm Swampy will be with 11 other authors & illustrators at Half Off Books in Orange City, Florida debuting the newest in the series, Swampy’s Florida: Wildlife on Land. Rob Smith, Jr. will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Pompano Square Mall, 1976.
on April 5, 2012
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Some very familiar names to Floridians that grace this 1976 ad for Pompano Square Mall.
A paddlewheel steamer drift into St. Lucie on the Indian River. (From ‘A History of Martin County’)
Here are the pencils to tomorrow’s webcomic!
So begins the first streetcar in Coral Gables in 1925 from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’.
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: The Sea Escape Bar Menu off Port Canaveral
on March 6, 2012
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Here’s the bar menu from the Scandinavian Sea cruise ship which ran as part of the former SeaEscape one day cruises from Port Canaveral. This menu is from 1982.
Here are two pages of art from the first Swampy’s Florida Storybook: Trilby’s Flower that Rob Smith, Jr. will introduce at the 2012 Pine Castle Pioneer Days festival in south Orange County February 25th and 26th. Come on out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Gulf Life Insurance Beach Tickets, Jacksonville Beach
on February 14, 2012
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Here are tickets for what appear to be rides and games along Jacksonville Beach in 1948.
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards : Wayside Park, Pensacola – 1952
on February 1, 2012
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Here’s a 1952 postmarked postcard of a rest area in Pensacola. It’s still there! Click here to see the east side park and here for the west side park.