Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Silver Springs Banner
on August 14, 2012
at 12:06 pm
Here’s a Silver Springs banner that would hang on the walls of tourists home from a visit to Silver Springs,
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Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch, Silver Springs.
on June 12, 2012
at 1:06 pm
Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch was a fixture next to Silver Springs from the early 1960’s to the early 1970’s. The focus was deer and, of all things, Santa Claus. A tourist could feed deer and visit the South Pole at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads – Santini’s Porpoise Training School, Marathon.
on March 13, 2012
at 3:12 pm
Here’s an advertising card of Santini’s Porpoise Training School. Indeed, ‘Flipper’ lived at this location in Marathon. It was the story of Santini and his Porpoise School that inspired movie stuntman, Ricou Browning, to compose the story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Edison House, Fort Myers
on January 24, 2012
at 1:01 pm
Here’s a brochure of the Edison House in Fort Myers. Not sure what date this came out, but it appears to be around 1960. Feel free to add any other history below!
Swampy’s Postcard Wednesday: Cape Coral Gardens, Cape Coral.
on September 28, 2011
at 1:01 am
Here’s an undated postcard of the former Cape Coral Gardens. The attraction was built with the intent of getting people to visit and then consider buying a home nearby in the development (Golden Gate Estates) owned by the fellows who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Thomas A. Edison Home, Fort Myers.
on September 27, 2011
at 8:01 am
Here’s an early brochure for the Edison Home in Fort Myers. Click here to plan a trip to see the Edison House yourself!
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Eastern Garden Aquarium in Miami
on September 20, 2011
at 1:06 am
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Miami’s Musa Isle
on September 6, 2011
at 2:36 am
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Tiki Gardens, Indian Rocks Beach
on June 28, 2011
at 12:14 pm
This was quite a place at it’s time. Tiki Gardens is now gone and now is a parking lot for beach goers at Indian Rocks Beach.
Swampy’s Postcard Wednesday: Fairyland, Tampa
on June 22, 2011
at 1:26 am
Fairyland was an attraction in Tampa that included the Little Fairy Queen that cruised the Hillsborough River. Fairyland was part of Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, which still exists today. Click here to learn more about Fairyland.
Tuesday’s Ads: Ocean World, Fort Lauderdale
on June 21, 2011
at 1:57 am
This was a favorite spot for tourists in Fort Lauderdale for many years. It eventually closed in the early 1990s. The property has been redeveloped to include a condomineum and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.
Postcard Wednesday: Fort Walton Beach – The Gulfarium
on June 8, 2011
at 12:03 pm
It’s the Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach and it’s still there! Click here to learn more about Gulfarium and to plan a trip. There’s no date on the card, but I would say this is from around 1960. Here’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…