Here’s another of the 1880s postcards recently aded to the Swampy collection. It features Fort Mantanzas and a steamboat of the Ocklawaha River. Fort Matanzas has it’s name due to Spanish conquistador Menendez massacre of nearly an entire population of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Methodist Church in St. Cloud gets built in 1909 at the corner of 10th Street and Ohio Avenue. this is the back of the church. Posing is the volunteer construction crew. Behind them is a tent used by the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked post card seems to be from around 1930. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . #Florida #JacksonvilleFlorida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #Jacksonville #FloridaFun #History #FloridaHistory #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #RealFlorida #PostOffice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a great way to celebrate Christmas and help our states historical museums: Buy a Christmas ornament of the location. During the next week, I’ll feature Christmas ornaments from Florida museums, Cracker villages and societies. This one is from the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the locomotive that hauled tons of lumber for Dowling and Sons Sawmill in Manatee County. The Dowling Mills started in 1925 and had to shut down due to The Depression in the early 1930s. This photo is from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bunny has found apple fritters for National Fritter Day from the most popular spot for fritters in Winter Haven, ‘The Donut Man’. Trilby is jealous that someone knows how to make something out of apples more than he can. However,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The dog track opened in 1933 in Sulphur Springs, an area that was becoming it’s own city. As time went on the City of Tampa took over and the dog track continued. It wasn’t until the greyhound racing ban that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Tahitian Inn in Tampa first opened in 1953 and still stands on South Dale Mabry Highway. It has changed a lot since this undated postcard came out in the 1960s. Dale Mabry has only gotten louder since 1953, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I In the foreground is the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Downtown Tampa. The cars may have changed, but the buildings today are generally the same as when this photo was taken some 60+ years ago. This postcard doesn’t have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a large, undated postcard for Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Camp-Resort on west US 192 in Kissimmee, just south of Disney World. This was one of two in the area. The other one was about five miles away on Turkey Lake[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the first street car in Palatka. In between horse travel and car travel was a combination of both on the roads of Florida. Most cities had some form of horse drawn street cars. This photo is from ‘Florida Under[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…