Swampy’s Collectibles: Citrus County Brochure
on September 4, 2010
at 8:01 am
Here’s a few sides of a Citrus County Brochure. Not sure what year it’s from.
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Postcard Wednesday: Orlando – Parliament House
on September 1, 2010
at 8:01 am
News this week came that The Parliament House in Orlando is facing foreclosure. Above is a postcard for it from the 1960s, not long after it opened. The Baron of Beef restaurant was a premiere place for a steak in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy takes the historic tour of Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando this past Friday. Above is Swampy during the tour with tour guide and cemetery keeper, Don Price, with the City of Orlando. Don gives a lively tour with much history[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the collection of what is still known as Port Tampa City. All of this developed because of the wealth of Henry B. Plant. He named the area Port Tampa City. The rail lines are also Plants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember when the stirrer at bars were interesting? Here’s one from the old Tahitian Bar at the old Castaways resort that used to be on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. It was on a small part of an inlet there.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Collectibles: Parrot Jungle
on August 14, 2010
at 5:33 pm
Above is a banner from around 1955 of Parrot Jungle. There’s a lot of history to Parrot Jungle. Not the least of which is that it is no longer Parrot Jungle. After opening in 1936, the attraction that featured so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card is postmarked from 1944. As much as I’ve learned of Zissen’s over the years, it was quite the watering hole in the Miami area. It claimed to have a longer bar than any other in 44 states. Celebrities[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anthony Westbury: Trouble with raccoons, teenagers and other wild animals By Anthony Westbury, TCPalm , Posted August 7, 2010 at 2:28 p.m. Bothered by recalcitrant raccoons? Blindsided by buzzards? Homeowners who turn to their local animal control department might end[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Venice: Swampy visits the former Railroad Station
on August 8, 2010
at 7:19 pm
Swampy visits the Venice Train Depot, at 303 E. Venice Avenue., historic site. Not surprisingly the depot is home to the Venice Historical Society. Click here for more information about the historical society. The railroad station was active until 1991[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Travel Tips: Billie’s Swamp Safari
on July 25, 2010
at 5:10 am
Swampy visits Billie’s Swamp Safari near the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation. Click here for more information about this great park! Here’s the welcoming sign… There are Seminole chickees all over the park. Here’s one that has demonstrations of the traditional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits the Coral Gables Biltmore, one of the grandest of hotels, that can really be called a resort, in all of Florida. It is a site to be taken in in person. The 1926 building set off a commercial[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s one of a couple dozen brochures of St. Augustine I have. Surely it’s the most different. The cover of this 1950s brochure is below. Below that is a fold out from the cover. Below that is what folds out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…