This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida, Volume 1 – Issues 1-8’. This book isn’t available right now. You can always check at another time. Books in Amazon come and go. Here’s the link for this rather large volume: https://amzn.to/3L1HLrd This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Driftwood Hotel, Vero Beach.
And it’s still around! To learn more and visit the, now named, Driftwood Resort click here: http://www.verobeachdriftwood.com/ This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . #FLorida #ORlando #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the courtroom of Judge White in the Hillsborough County court house in 1920.
Photo is from Yesterday’s St Petersburg by Hampton Dunn. You can purchase a copy of this wonderful photo book with accurate history here: https://amzn.to/32qbWCS This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards – Along Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, 1910.
This unmarked postcard show the very early days of the now far busier Ridgewood Avenue in Daytona Beach. I’d guess this postcard comes from around 1910. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……….#Florida #DaytonaBeach #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaRealEstate #Postcards[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s one to try 5 times fast using the names of or cities – Sopchoppy, Ochopee, Okeechopee, Kissimmee. 5 times fast! (If you don’t know – All 4 are cities or communities in our state.) . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Field of Dahlias
This is one of hundreds of postcards labelled as being in ‘Florida’ and nothing more of the location. Where this is in the state is any wonder. The entire state was growing something until recently. Now concrete and asphalt is pounded[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the Holopaw train station in 1940. Holopaw is a very old cattle ranching community in eastern Osceola County. It’s major intersection has been State Road 441 and U.S. 192. This station was part of the Florida East Coast[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Jumping around at Marineland, 1975.
Marineland has had a few different names over the decades. Marine Studios, as shown on the ramp, was one of those as the spot looked toward film opportunities. Today the location is known as Marineland Dolphin Adventure. Though there has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are local ladies advertising am Indian Rocks Fireman’s Fish Fry and Ham Dinner in the 1950s. Notice the simplicity of the fire department structure. Bet those were locally caught fish! This photo is from ‘Indian Rocks – As It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This advertisement is from the Sarasota Journal’s August 11th, 1965 edition. Some may be surprised that factory outlets were around even back in 1965! Seems both businesses are no longer open.