Very sad to learn today of the death of a powerhouse of Central Florida, Harris Rosen. Here’s still another time I’m regretting my Social Media loss. There’s bunches missing in stories of his death. Hard to cover the enormous[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the first graduating class of Pensacola’s naval training station in 1915. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2PVo74w This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was on this day in 1937 that Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas. Earhart left from Miami International Airport July 1st, 1937, to fly from around the world. While crossing the Pacific Ocean, she vanished into history. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One graduate from 1956 became the most famous from the high school: Janet Reno, later to be US Attorney General. Here she is with Wright Pearson in the voted most intelligent of the Class of ’56. Both born[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy continues with a bit of Florida history with birthday wishes today to: – Ernest Hemingway: Born today in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Author Hemingway spent 10 productive years in our great state of Florida. His residence is still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actor Bill Cobb has died at 90. He’s known for a litter of films, but I best know him for his role in the terrific film about Florida, ‘Sunshine State’. He’s in the film poster image on the bottom left.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Visited noted astrologer Dikki-Jo Mullen in Orlando this past Friday. She’s been part of all forms of media presenting astrological charts since the early 1970s. She started at WDBO radio. Went on to the morning program at pop station BJ105[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lilly Pulitzer is known most for the extremely popular clothing line she created. The Florida citrus inspired line sparked a trend duplicated today by other clothes makers. The clothes style was a result of her interaction with her husband’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A fencing pose led by little Lucille Heintz in the 1940s at the Lido Casino in Sarasota. This photo is from ‘Sarasota Times Past’ by Bernice Brooks Bergen. Click here to purchase your own copy of the book or below.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s, what is known today, as Flagler College in St. Augustine. At the time of this undated postcard this was, as it was built, the Hotel Ponce deLeon built by Florida pioneer Henry Flagler as he built the Florida East[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Owen Godwin with his friends at the place he started, Gatorland. The postcard is undated, but I would guess this is from the mid-60s. Swampy’s handler, Rob Smith, Jr., had the opportunity many years ago to speak with Owen’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Circus historian Larry Kellogg talks about Tampa cartoonist Art Maynor and about Circus World, the tourist attraction that was in Polk County. The video was made at the 2015 Florida Antiquarian Book Fair that is annually held the second weekend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…