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Swampy’s Florida Ads – Trade Winds Cafeterias, 1962.

by on July 20, 2021 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Florida Advertising, Florida Food Stops, Swampy's Collectibles

This shows how popular names can be. See Tuesday’s Ads entry. Are there any new businesses out with this name? There sure were many throughout Florida back then. I believe all of these ‘Tradewinds’ later became ‘Morrison’s Cafeteria’, which later[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Swampy’s Historic Photos: The Crescent Theater, Melbourne, early 1900s.

by on September 3, 2013 at 3:55 am
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

In Melbourne and the surrounding area the Union Cypress Railroad ran a lot. That included what this building was, The crescent Theater. During it’s existence it was actually in a town named Hopkins. Hopkins eventually got swallowed by the growth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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