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Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: MASH & Starsky & Hutch, 1980.

by SwampysFlorida on April 9, 2013 at 12:44 am

Posted In: Florida Advertising, Swampy's Florida History

It’s 1980 and, television programs, ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Starsky and Hutch’ are in syndication to local television stations. At the time, there weren’t fifty billion channels and this was an inexpensive way for local stations to run programming. Local Channel 6, WDBO, in Orlando took out this ad in the (Orlando) Sentinel Star’s October 19th issue of their television guide, ‘On The Tube’.

The issue of ‘On the Tube’, as are practically every item mentioned on this site, is part of the massive Swampy’s Florida collection.

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Swampy People: Lilly Pulitzer dies at 81.

by SwampysFlorida on April 7, 2013 at 1:48 pm

Posted In: Florida People, Swampy's Florida News

Sorry to learn of the death of Lilly Pulitzer today. Her extremely popular clothing line, that sparked a trend seen today by other clothes makers, was all the result of our orange groves. A spill of orange juice created a phenomenon. Click here to learn more at the Lilly Pulitzer site.

Her life in Palm beach is well tied to what brought Henry Flagler – The Standard Oil Company. The effects of The Standard Oil Company on Palm beach is fascinating. There are many books that I could recommend to read all about it. Click here for a far more concise, yet still a bit complicated, history of oil in the Palm Beaches. It’s also the source of the photo to the left of her and her daughter in the 1960s.

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New Feature! Swampy’s Sunday Services: Historic Derby Street Chapel, Cocoa, 1924.

by SwampysFlorida on April 7, 2013 at 3:18 am

Posted In: Florida Architecture, Swampy's Florida News

The Historic Derby Street Chapel is just south of the Historic Cocoa Village in Brevard County. The structure was built between 1919 and 1924 for the Seven Day Adventist Church. The building changed hands amongst a number of faiths over the years. In 1996 the First Baptist Church had ownership of the building and was leaving it to be demolished for a parking lot. A few ladies from the church took over to save the building. After years of volunteer work, the building became a community center open for events of all kinds.

Click here to learn more about making use of this very interesting chapel.

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Swampy’s Sunday Books: Pirates and Buried Treasure by Jack Beater.

by SwampysFlorida on April 7, 2013 at 12:53 am

Posted In: Florida Books

Pirates and Buried Treasure on Florida Islands by Jack Beater

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a very good collection of supposedly true pirate stories that took place along the Florida coast. Jack Beater is a good writer who helps make the stories seem true, though there may be more legend than accurate history in the tales. He bases much on the legend of Jose Gaspar and tethers further tales to the legend. There are no footnotes, which doesn’t help the question of what is real and not. Much is based on hear say. Not that I think Beater is trying to pull the wool over one’s eyes. I believe he truly believed the stories he penned. It’s just that over time, many pirate tales have come into question. One assurance is that he does know the geography of Florida and accurately describes the various locations mentioned, thus if the stories may be suspect, locating where the nefarious pirates may have plundered and lived can easily be understood.

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Swampy’s Friends: Brett Sauce, Airbrush Artist

by SwampysFlorida on April 4, 2013 at 2:52 pm

Posted In: Swampy's Friends

Brett Sauce is an incredible artist living along Miami Beach and has depicted areas of Dade County in his air brush creations. Above is one of his fantastic images. Check out the detail of the painting! Please go to his website and check out his other paintings of Florida and be3yond. His Key West painting with all those buildings is amazing, too! Click here to go to his website for more.

Do need to warn that there is adult material lower on the page and on other parts of the site.

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Swampy’s Sunday Books: Pirates and Buried Treasure by Jack Beater.

Swampy’s Friends: Brett Sauce, Airbrush Artist

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