Here’s the War Price & Ration Board in Sarasota in the 1940s. This photo is from ‘Sarasota: A Sentimental Journey’ by Jeff LaHurd. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/2G398CA This book is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This theater card is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
This postcard of Clearwater Beach was mailed December 31, 1959 by Ada to Paul Fummer in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Ada writes that she saw strawberries, cane sugar, cattle and “nice black soil”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1880s in the business district on the main street, Wire Street, in Fort Meade. This photo is from ‘In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County, Florida, to 1940.’ You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson.You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.http://amzn.to/2c3C21F This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………>>#floridaeastcoastrailway #Train #Friday #floridatravel #Train #Transportation #History #FloridaHistory #Travelhistory #FloridaTRavels #floridatransportation #trains #Miami[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard showing the main entrance of the Orlando Air Force Base off Bennett Road. This entire base is gone as well as all of the entrances that looked like this throughout Florida. The only nod to the base[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an interior shot of the Exchange Bank in Downtown Tampa at the turn of the 20th century. The Exchange Bank was one of the earliest and longest running in Tampa. This photo is from ‘TAMPA: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow’ […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the ferry, ‘The Manatee’ sailing off from Pinellas Point. This was how, those horseless carriages, got across the Florida waters before hte push for roads and bridges. Many of us wish the return of the ferry instead of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This C.C. Gantt’s was notorious for all sorts of shenanigans around Moore Haven in Glades County. The image was acquired by me from the Moore Haven historic archives a few years ago. Don’t know the date of the photo. .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a popular hangout in the 1950s, the Pensacola Dairy Company.Milk and ice cream were on the menu. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pete Reynard’s Yacht Restaurant was part of a larger development described in a story from the Bradenton Herald: “According to a historical account compiled by the Manatee County Historical Society, town founder Jack Holmes built a supper club-style restaurant on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t know if these folks are coming, going or if all this was staged, but here they are in the Havana Special in Key West in the throes of the Depression in 1930. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…