The photograph was taken by Gleason Waite Romer who took photos from 1925 until the early 1950’s all over Dade County. No idea where this was taken or who created the sculpture. Though, this does appear to be taxidermy involving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Martha Ross took this photograph of these baby great egrets at the the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. You can plan a visit to the Alligator Farm by clicking here: https://www.alligatorfarm.com/ . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Martha Ross took this photograph of this spoonbill family mat the the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. You can plan a visit to the Alligator Farm by clicking here: Home . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Rare Bird Farm that was in Kendall used this postcard to advertise “Florida’s Only-World’s Largest Rare Bird Farm. 1400 birds – 350 species.” “A Trip Around the World With Birds”. This postcard was mailed by “Grandpa” to Master Henry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Chute the Chute’ is the title of this postcard of St. Augustine’s Alligator Farm. The card is postmarked 1966. The Alligator Farm is still with us! You can learn more about the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and plan a trip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rudy mailed this postcard from Orlando September 12th, 1958 to “Ma”. Rudy writes a familiar feeling I find in many postcards from visitors: “Everything is fine out here except there’s no place like home with your family”. He writes he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Part of the bird show at Weeki Wachee back in the 1970s. The bird show was shutdown after the State of Florida took over in 2008. There is still lots to see at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. Plan a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An acrobatic sideshow for folks in Jacksonville in 1905. This photo is from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of a couple of Florida panthers has no date on it. The type and wording on the front makes it hard to place a date. ‘Everglades Wonder Gardens’ a few years ago changed their name to just ‘Wonder[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OK, friends, time to get out there and round up them pythons!I expect to see most of you all posting photos here of the 10 and 20 and 100 foot pythons you snatch off the ground!I know you all can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of a pack of Everglades cards. The package is undated, but would figure around 1970. The postcard pack is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection…..#EVerglades #Roseate #Spoonbills #RoseateSpoonbills #Birds #FloridaBirds #Aviary #Environment #Watger #FloridaWater #nature #FloridaNature[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…