It’s hard to imagine Siesta Key, Sarasota, once looked like this. So much of this wiped away since 1950. From ‘Yesterday’s Sarasota’ by Del Marth.You can get your own copy of this book of historic photos and captions by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It the Columbus Hotel in Miami! The structure was started during the 1920s boom and then financial troubles set in. Movie mogul Steven Lynch stepped in with creative financial leverage and took over and finished the building. The hotel closed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby will eat anything….except for Pasco Pete’s special artichoke banana onion cream pie with sweet pickles on top. Here’s a great place to get a pie in Florida: Charlie’s Bakery in Orlando.Click here to and scroll a bit down their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Winter Park Dairy was going to celebrate Cheese Lovers Day until Alva, the mouse,cleared the place out of there special raw milk cheese. Winter Park Dairy has been pioneering milk farms for four generations and has more currently been pioneering[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Notice the horse and buggy on the beach. Would that be allowed today? 🙂 This is a postcard that was hand painted to add color. With no postmark, would have to date this in the early 1900s. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
$2,500 built Lakeland’s first train station in 1884 by Abraham Munn. Munn also funded the tracks and more railroad line east and west of Lakeland. . . . . . . . . . #Florida #train #FloridaTrain #RR #Transportation #Travel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pasco Pete caves at the mere hint of abandoning resolutions in favor of a gluttonous buffet. But we, at Swampy’s Florida hope you do not give up on your resolutions to visit the wonderful history and heritage of Florida! Celebrate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where can you buy towels by the pound these days? The info on the back says it was on US 19, 4 miles north of Clearwater. There’s only a P.O. Box given in Dunedin. I’m not sure if this would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This steam locomotive, named “Hattie”, ran cars between Tampa and Ybor City. This photo is from 1886. This photo is from ‘Tampa: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.: https://amzn.to/3iyG49J This Book is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card of the St. Johns River is part of a set that is unmarked but identified as coming from the 1880s. We’ve been featuring this set in the past few weeks. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Lutz, in northern Hillsborough County, railroad depot. The Florida Public Service Commission designated this depot unneeded in 1965 and supposedly sold it for $125. The buyer bought it to sell it and found no buyer after a short[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miami was once mighty rustic and the main hospital in Miami in 1933 displays that with their pharmacy. From ‘Yesterday in Florida – Annual Volume 1’ You can purchase one by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/31tnweb This book is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…