Downtown Lake Wales on Park Avenue, 1940s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday.

by on November 18, 2024 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Florida Paperwork, Florida Postcards, Swampy's Collectibles

This is part of a larger fold-out package of Lake Wales images. There’s an address written that I can’t read of some where in Pennsylvania as if to mail, but no postmark exists on the package.

This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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New Birth Deliverance Ministries, Lakeland – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.

by on November 17, 2024 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Florida Architecture, Swampy's Florida Travels

This church at Peachtree St and Massachusetts Avenue in Lakeland has lost some stained glass as of the time I took this photo in 2013. Since then, the structure has had a slew of troubles and is now “permanently closed”. You can see the covered areas which were once with glass and open. This building once had access from the corner through 2 arches, now covered and blocked. There’s also a wrought iron fence encasing the parking area. See the photo of the current church in comments.

The folks who first started the church are long gone and those who took over gave little care for the building, it’s history or those who attended. Nefarious doings by recent occupants. Including a scandal involving the child care center that had recently been there.

Back in  2013, I found no cornerstone and a parishioner I spoke with don’t know of the structure’s origins.
Not quite clear when the church closed. New Birth Deliverance Ministries has kept their license active with the state, as I looked it up. The address is a home about a mile from the church. I sure hope the future of this historic building is brighter than it has been to this point.

 


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​Swampy’s Florida says Happy National Take a Hike Day!

by on November 17, 2024 at 12:00 am
Posted In: Swampy's Strips

The gang takes a hike for Take a Hike Day!
 
You can learn more about National Take a Hike Day by clicking here:
http://www.americanhiking.org/national-take-hike-day/
 
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Shrimp Louisianne – Swampy’s Florida Recipes

by on November 16, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Posted In: Florida Recipes

This recipe is from ‘”The Best in Cooking” in Melbourne, Florida’. The book has a collection of recipes of people from around the area and beyond. Most interesting are recipes from current, at the time, and former Florida political leaders. Included are recipes from the wives of former vice-president Spiro Agnew, former governor Claude Kirk and much more.

This collection is, apparently, a franchise cook book run out of New Jersey. Their objective was to get various cities to sign on to the template of their cook book concept. Then the folks of the city would gather advertisers and recipes and piece together the cookbook and send it to New Jersey for production. The results of the ones I’ve seen and this one I have are, basically, cheap cardboard covers and interior paper. The advertising layout is very poor and likely the reason this was a one shot for most cities. I’m sure the folks in new Jersey profited well by it all.

This cookbook is not available and very hard to find. Though, have seen it cross through EBay occasionally. This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.

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