A crowded steamboat, the Astatula, docked in Palatka in 1893. From ‘When Steamboats Reigned in Florida’ by, Swampy’s friend, the late Bob Bass.You can get your copy by clicking here.https://amzn.to/33bhal8 #Steamboat #Boat #FloridaSteamboat #FloridaBoat #Boating #FloridaBoating #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #Travel #FloridaTravel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Trilby makes the cake and then puts a pineapple on top. Then he turns it all upside down. Trilby’s future as a chef looks suspect.You can learn more about Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day here: https://cookingcontestcentral.com/national-pineapple-upside-down-cake-day/ .. . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Common travel in the latter half of the 1800s was horse & wagon (To the left of the depot) to a train or to a ferry to cross rivers. Or some combination thereof. Often there were so few going hither[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: The Citrus Tower, Clermont
It the Citrus Tower in Clermont! Now the view is of a sea of roofs but the tower is still there, plus the gift shop and the Hall of Presidents. It’s been more recently further updated with much more to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: A shoe glove from the Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven, @1950.
Here’s a shoe glove to clean your shoes given away while staying at The Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven. Not sure which corner the motel was at on US 17 & County road 544. However there is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The turkey tells of fear of being dinner this coming week, so he was running around scaring everyone off. Swampy assures the frightened bird that he will be spared today in celebration of Humane Society Anniversary Day! It was today[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads: A Guide to the Upper Keys, a brochure from ’60s.
This brochure for the Upper Keys (From the Card Sound curve to Long Key) has a nifty cover illustration and a pretty routine layout otherwise. Though fishing is far less popular than it was decades ago, there’s still plenty of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A bit of kindness to help two wary travelers across a tributary of the Peace River. You can learn more about World Kindness Day here: https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/the-kindness-blog/2961-make-kindness-the-norm . . . . . . . . . . . . #WorldKindnessDay #Kindness[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva thought she’d play Air Traffic Control to control the mosquito air space. The mosquitoes have other ideas. You can learn more about International Day of the Air Traffic Controller here: https://www.icao.int/secretariat/PostalHistory/ifatca_international_federation_of_air_traffic_controllers_associations.htm …………#InternationalDayoftheAirTrafficController #Celebration #Daily #Dailyart #Dailycartoon #cartoon #Happy #AirTrafficControl[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This theater card is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Colonial Plaza Mall, Orlando, 1965.
It’s the “new Million Dollar Air Conditioned Shopping Mall. The largest in the South.”, Colonial Plaza in Orlando. The mall was mostly demolished almost 20 years ago to make way for the current wave of outdoor malls. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads: St. Petersburg, “The Sunshine City” brochure.
The above posed photo is very interesting if you look at it closely. I know it’s difficult to find the right pose to photograph to help sell an area and it looks like they were trying to be more creative,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…