Here is the front and back of a brochure for Ocala/ Marion County that has a copyright of 1960. Interesting how different today’s brochures of the area differ. Below if is the flip side. The brochure actually folds out with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a matchbook of what was named the West Flagler Kennel Club. It’s still there, but now named the “Magic City Casino”. Seems this is from the 1940s. Please add to the comments if you might have a better estimate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a brochure for Manatee County that folds out with a large amount of photos of the area. The brochure appears to be from the 1960s. Below is the flip side of the cover above.
Here’s a matchbook for Orlando radio station, WDBO (Way Down By Orlando). The station moved from the address shown above in the late 80s to a huge facility on John Young Parkway. WDBO is also just an AM station now.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a colorful and cheery Cypress Gardens postcard postmarked 1973 for you all!
Here are parts of the brochure. It actually is multi-fold and opens up very large with all sorts of photos and fishing information.
Here’s the cover of the newest Swampy’s Florida coloring book premiering at the Florida Historical Society annual meeting Thursday.
Here’s a neat little banner from the collection. I believe it’s from the ’50s.
Jimmy Fazio moved to Broward County in ’52 and continued a string of food and entertainment establishments he had started in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His House of Ribs was one of the best known. Fazio died in ’98 and here is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See the arch? It’s still there in Lakeland on Florida Avenue! So is the Publix and the Hardware store. The rest of the stores are gone. This card is from around 1970. Interesting that the lineup of stores of W.T.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As another shuttle is up on another last mission. Here’s a brochure from the early ’70s for, what is now called, The Kennedy Space Center. This is just a two-sided card. Below is the flip side.
There’ll be a few postings of the upcoming coloring book & guide here in the next couple weeks prior to it’s debut at the Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting in Jacksonville Memorial Day weekend. Here’s a little piece of art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…