Here’s Downtown Ocala in the 1940s. The stores have changed, but the structures are almost just as they were then. Click here to make plans to visit Downtown Ocala: https://www.ocalamarion.com/ In the background you can see the Marion Theatre. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This matchbook is from the ‘Open Mess’ and bar for the Non Commissioned Officers (all ranks between Private First Class and Lieutenant) inside Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola. The building this was for was demolished in 2010. The problem[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s around 1890 and A.C. McSween has his crew laying track through a pine forest in Escambia County. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’.You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here or below.https://amzn.to/3ywEDvs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy also enjoys a macaroon! A great place to get macaroons in our state is in Fort Walton beach at BON APPETIT FRENCH BAKERY AND CAFE. You can plan a visit by clicking over to their website: bonappetitfrenchbakery.webs.com …..#cartoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On the back of the card is stamped: ‘Courtesy of the Tampa Information Bureau of the Tampa [Fla.] Board of Trade”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today would’ve been entertainer’s Bob Hope’s 121st birthday. Swampy and Hope swung some clubs together at the Biltmore Hotel Golf Course, Coral Gables, in 1941. One place in our state with the birthday boy’s name is Bob Hope Village for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sierra Club began today in 1892 by one of Florida’s great chroniclers, John Muir. Today folks celebrate this organization that looks after natural areas. One of the Sierra Club Florida leaders was a great friend of Swampy, Whitey Markle.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and the gang definitely promote the use of sun tan lotion as Summer comes upon us. It’s just that Trilby, Zuber, Alva and Penney aren’t sure how they would use it! . . . . . …..#cartoon #cartooning #Celebrate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a photo of the oldest church in St. Petersburg, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. It opened in 1887 and still thrives today. Click here to learn more and plan a visit. Unlike most every church I’ve checked in on lately,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This station looks like small child’s clubhouse until you put the horse and wagon to the left in proportion. The opening looks tall enough to match the train car doors that they would load and unload from. The station once[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmailed postcard is a bit stuffed with place names and a list of bridges slapped on top of the map image. It does have a nice listing of the many, many points along the Keys, if you can read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…