Swampy’s Matches: Sam’s Style Shop
on September 22, 2011
at 12:33 am
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Archive for Swampy’s Florida Matchbooks
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Swampy’s Matches: Eat at Jenks, Hotel Andrew Jackson, Jacksonville
on September 8, 2011
at 9:34 am
I know the Hotel Andrew Jackson is no longer with us, but not sure if the building is gone, too. Eat at Jenks was part of the hotel. W.T. Grant department store was also part of the building. Please add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Flamingo Court, Orlando.
on September 1, 2011
at 1:19 am
This matchbook is for the Flamingo Court Motel. It once stood right beside the Orlando Motor Lodge, the matchbook of which was featured last week. Both hotels were demolished to have another medical office building built in the area.
Swampy’s Matches: Orlando Motor Lodge
on August 25, 2011
at 1:28 am
Next week is a matchbook from the hotel right next door to the Motor Lodge. Next door to the hotel was the White Turkey Restaurant owned by Champ Williams. This was also the hotel with the tall diving board that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Gulf Shores Motel, Port St. Joe
on August 18, 2011
at 2:08 am
Don’t know when this matchbook was around, but the motel is. Click here for more information of this motel in Port St. Joe.
Swampy’s Matches: Orlando Air Force Base N.C.O. Club
on August 3, 2011
at 11:53 pm
The Orlando Air Base eventually became the Orlando Naval Training Center in 1968. It later was shuttered and sold to developers to become a complex named Baldwin Park. A footnote here: Swampy’s handler, Rob, was born on the base when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: San Carlos Hotel, Pensacola
on July 28, 2011
at 1:05 am
The San Carlos Hotel (also know as ‘The Gray Lady of Palafox’, in that the structure sat on Palafox Street) opened in 1910 and thrived for many decades. As with many multi-story hotels of the later 1800s & early 1900s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Turtle Club existed for many years in the same location as a multi-function club. Dance club, bar, pool, etc. Kind of like a Chuck E. Cheese for adults. Things went downhill as various police agencies found themselves camped out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a matchbook for the Happy Dolphin Inn.The Inn is now renamed, as most have, The Dolphin Beach Resort. The first name was cheerful. Now it just sounds expensive. Below is the flip side advertising what appears to be a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Eglin AFB, Pensacola
on June 30, 2011
at 10:17 am
A place to park for the Non Commissioned Officers (all ranks between Private First Class and Lieutenant) at Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola.
Swampy Matches: Bus, Lumber & Cleaning in Orlando
on June 23, 2011
at 9:04 am
This is unusual, a matchbook with multi-advertisements.I’d say this matchbook is from the late 1940s. The Orlando Transit Co. is now known as Lynx and has bus service over 5 counties in Central Florida. Mills and Nebraska (with the “Worlds[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook: Rubin’s Restaurant, Tampa
on June 16, 2011
at 10:53 am
Here’s a matchbook from Rubin’s Restaurant in Tampa. The artwork would indicate this is from the early 1930s. A check of the address reveals that the location of the restaurant is now a parking lot.