Dickson Azalea Park is a botanical wonder of azaleas and a walking path that is nearly underground and will have you walking under roadways. It’s one of the best inner-city parks in Florida.The park was established in 1924. It was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is St. James Catholic Cathedral in Orlando that is still standing in the same spot and looks nearly identical now as it did in the postcard above. Click here to learn more and to plan a visit to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postmarked 1907 postcard of Ocean Avenue in Palm Beach that made it’s way to Davenport, Iowa.
Here’s the train station in Orlando as it was in 1890. It stills stands today, mostly just as you see it here. This photo is from ‘Orlando: History in Architecture’. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the first run in 1888 of the Orange Belt Railroad running between Orlando and St. Petersburg. This photo is from the book ‘From Pines and Palmettos – A Portrait of Largo, Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This restaurant was around for a looooooong time at what is now the Orlando Executive Airport. The building still exists and the Skyline area, I believe is used for office space. This is from an Orlando – Winter Park Attraction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Take You Child to the Library and Trilby was briefly in the library until he was caught eating through the cookbook section. So Zuber gets the honor to read a book as Trilby examines the corner for an hour[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The gang doodles for National Doodle Day! Alva, the mouse, doodles a Lion for Lion Country Safari, West Palm Beach. Trilby doodles a steak thinking about a great steak at Tropical Acres Steakhouse, Fort Lauderdale. Zuber doodles Bok Tower Gardens,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Proving a business in Florida can last is the 76 year old Southeast Steel in Downtown Orlando. Here’s an advertisement 7 years after they opened along the railroad tracks on Amelia Avenue (in 1947 it was actually Amelia Street). This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Next week is a matchbook from the hotel right next door to the Motor Lodge. Next door to the hotel was the White Turkey Restaurant owned by Champ Williams. This was also the hotel with the tall diving board that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orlando Air Base eventually became the Orlando Naval Training Center in 1968. It later was shuttered and sold to developers to become a complex named Baldwin Park. A footnote here: Swampy’s handler, Rob, was born on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
During my travels through Tampa a while back, I came across this ‘Lethal Weapon III’ pinball machine. Included in the graphic is the implosion of the 1957 Orlando City Hall, much as shown at the start of the film. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…