A postcard of the former Floridaland and it’s “Amazing porpoise shows” in the “Porpoise Pool”, as stated on the back of the postcard.Floridaland was in Osprey, near Venice. This postcard isn’t postmarked, but would figure this is from the late[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the original chapel of the now multi-block large College Park United Methodist Church in Orlando. It was built in 1944 as the original chapel. Later more structures were added, including a larger chapel. It’s now used for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy is caught reading by Pasco Pete. What will you be caught reading this month? You can learn more about Get Caught reading Month by clicking here:http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/caught-reading-month-20650.html…….#GetCaughtReading #Read #Books #Literature #education #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon #dailyCartoon #Celebration #Florida
This unmailed postcard celebrates the Florida-based media hit of the 1960s, ‘Flipper’. There were movies, a television series, comics, books, toys, etc. of the program. The concept was created by Ricou Browning, who had also been the underwater ‘Gill-Man’ in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby finds a unicycle fun until he rollsw to a sleeping and then quite startled Alva. You can learn more about National Bike Month by clicking here:https://www.bikeleague.org/bikemonth ……….#NationalBikeMonth #BikeMonth #Bike #Unicycle #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon #dailyCartoon #Celebration#Florida #FlordiaBikes #B icycle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s don’t indulge in adult beverages. have prices changed much since 1953? What a name for a liquor store! I know this was around for quite awhile and I think there were more of them. If you know more about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby, Alva, Penney and Zuber celebrate Jazz Day! You can learn more about Jazz Day by clicking here: http://jazzday.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . #InternationalJazzDay #JazzDay #Music #JazzMusic #FloridaLife #FlordiaLifestyle #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Esther Williams swimming pool that once was part of Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven. The postcard scene if from the Esther Williams film ‘Easy to Love’, also starring Van Johnson and Tony Martin. The postcard was mailed June[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A great way to celebrate Blueberry Pie Day is to pick the berries to make your own pie. Here Zuber picks ’em and Trilby stores them. There are many places to pick blueberries in Florida. One is the Abshier Blueberry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This station in Stuart was built in 1933 after a fire destroyed the station previous to this one. In 1966 this one was demolished after passenger service stopped to Stuart. This photo is from ‘History of Martin County’ by Janet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed August 18th, 1910 from Punta Gorda to a Mrs. Snyder in Vineland, New Jersey. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Florida #Pineapples #Agriculture #FloridaAgriculture #Farm #FloridaFarm #FloridaBusiness #History #Floridahistory #Floridana #Floridalife #FloridaLifeStyle #Floridapeople #FlordiaRealEstate
Here’s a matchbook for Orlando radio station, WDBO (Way Down By Orlando). The station moved from the address shown above in the late 80s to a huge facility on John Young Parkway. WDBO is now an AM station playing sports[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…