Here’s “Leon the Fruit Man” with crates of citrus waiting to picked up on N. Orange Avenue in the heart of Downtown Orlando in 1937. Leon Kazanzas got orders from visitors and residents to ship citrus to friends and relatives[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Who remembers Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour? The Pig’s Trough? Today re-begins posts about matchbooks from Florida. The first one being quasi-Florida. The Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlours were only in select locations around the state, like Tampa, Altamonte Springs, etc. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: What’s at the Orlando Drive-In in 1955.
Here’s the schedule for the former Orlando Drive-In that once graced South Orange Blossom Trail outside the city or Orlando. Here is what is – or is not – at the site today: View Larger Map
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Dubsdread Country Club, Orlando, 1950s.
“Dubsdread’s Tropical Winter Rendezvous” as the back of the postcard states of #Orlando‘s Dubsdread Golf Course. The postcard isn’t postmarked, but appears to be from around 1950.
Above is a view of the Sears built at 2010 E. Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. I saw it on the Vintage Roadside Facebook page. I knew where the location was and that the Fun-Lan Drive-in Theater was next door and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Downtown Orlando, 1949.
This is a popular spot for postcard settings. There are a number taken from this spot looking north on North Orange Avenue from Church Street. That’s Woolworth on the right corner. To the left is the First National Bank of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads – Trade Winds Cafeterias, 1962.
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…
This postcard is part of a larger pack of postcards of Orlando. The postmark is a bit tough to read involving what year in the 1920s. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida colleciton……#Flordia #Orlando #OrlandoFlorida #Postcard #FloridaPostcard #Cherokee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard: Pierce’s Dining Room at Ben White Raceway, Orlando, @1960.
At one time Orlando was a magnet for anyone wanting to be involved with harness racing. These days the sport has nearly disappeared. Ben White Raceway, pictured above, is also gone. Other sports fields and a roadway has taken it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard : Dickson Azalea Park, Orlando, 1940s.
Dickson Azalea Park is a botanical wonder of azaleas and a walking path that is nearly underground and will have you walking under roadways. It’s one of the best inner-city parks in Florida.The park was established in 1924. It was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard: Orange County Courthouse, Orlando, early 1900s.
Here’s the grandest of the various Orange County Courthouses that have stood in Orlando. The postcard was not mailed and was printed in Great Britain. #Postcard #FloridaPostcard #Floridana #Collectables #FloridaLife #Law #FloridaLaw #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaLife
Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services: St. James Catholic Cathedral, Orlando, about 1950.
This is St. James Catholic Cathedral in Orlando that is still standing in the same spot and looks nearly identical now as it did in the postcard above. Click here to learn more and to plan a visit to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…