Here’s Hyde Park in Tampa in 1913. Notice the street cars that used to roam all around Tampa. I believe I know where this photo was taken from and most of these homes are now gone. This photo is from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here are members of the Davis Island Golf and Tennis Club. Wonder what’s in the bottles? The photo was taken by the famous Tampa photographers on December 20th, 1926. This photo is from ‘Real Women of Tampa & Hillsborough County’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This car is making it’s way, 1920s style, along a dirt road to Panama City. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’.You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.:https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R……..#Florida #Transportation #Roads #FloridaTransportation #Floridaliving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is postmarked January 18th, 1919 from Orlando to somewhere in Ohio. The mailer wrote a long message in the back that is very hard to read or understand. The addressee information is just as hard to understand and,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the St. Clair country school near what what would become Umatilla. St. Clair is a community in east Lake County. This photo is from ‘Through Schoolhouse Doors’.You can purchase a copy by clicking here:https://amzn.to/2MavvsM This book is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view from the Downtown Circle in Sebring. I’m just not sure which direction. East, i believe. These buildings are generally the same today, though the population and businesses have greatly changed since this image was taken some 60+ years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Way back when, Florida Power and Light Company delivered ice. In 1927, here is how it was delivered! This photo is from Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 1, Issues 1-8. You can purchase this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4aLeTit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida says Happy Newt Perry Birthday!
on January 6, 2024
at 12:00 am
Newt Perry was an amazing man that had a major effect on Florida through his involvement with Silver Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee Springs, Wakulla Springs, movies in Florida, swimming school and much more. He was born January 6th, 1908,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard : Kapok Tree Inn, Clearwater.
on January 4, 2024
at 6:10 am
This unmarked postcard is likely from around 1960 at a height of popularity. The back of the card tells us that the stones and statues were imported from Italy. Hand carved in Clearwater was the base of the fountain. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s January 29th, 1912 and the Jacksonville waterfront along the St. Johns River sees a paddle boat make it’s way into port. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’.You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Walter Powell, daughter and friend at Smith’s Stemper Store in Land O’Lakes in the 1920s. This photo is from Elizabeth & Susan MacManus’ ‘Going, Going…Almost Gone’, 2012. Author MacManus points out that folks then, as now, would get baby critters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the tram car rolling along Lincoln Road in Miami beach, 1972. This postmarked postcard was mailed to Louise Castanzo in Atlantic City, N.J. It’s a bit hard to read, but it seems the card is from William Saxon. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…