Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Miami’s Musa Isle
on September 6, 2011
at 2:36 am
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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 Tuesday’s Ads: King Arthur’s Inn in Tampa
on August 30, 2011
at 2:01 am
This brochure of the King Arthur Inn, that was in Tampa, actually has a fold out cover. After you open the flaps in the front you see the interior below. Below that is the flip side. The hotel is now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 Postcard Wednesday: The inside of the Roosevelt Hotel in Jacksonville
on August 24, 2011
at 12:21 pm
Here’s The Patio Grill in The Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Jacksonville. The postcard was written on and with a stamp, but the postmark was made on the edge of the card. So no date of the card can be seen.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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’s Tuesday’s Ads: Tiki Gardens, Indian Rocks Beach
on June 28, 2011
at 12:14 pm
This was quite a place at it’s time. Tiki Gardens is now gone and now is a parking lot for beach goers at Indian Rocks Beach.
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 Postcard Wednesday: Fairyland, Tampa
on June 22, 2011
at 1:26 am
Fairyland was an attraction in Tampa that included the Little Fairy Queen that cruised the Hillsborough River. Fairyland was part of Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, which still exists today. Click here to learn more about Fairyland.
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.