Jack’s Saloon on Key West was considered the fanciest on the island back in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Key West” by Stan Windhorn & Wright Langley. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hollywood stars were seen all over Florida and around the country pitching developments of all sorts. Red Buttons was one of the most visible as the huge 55 and over development advertised everywhere and nearly seeming to have ads on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is from a packet of ‘Charm Spots of Florida’ It was mailed in the 1950s, but can’t read the rest of the date. It was mailed to Dan Emory of Pontiac, Michigan. The message inside from Grace Emory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from Floridians at Work: Yesterday and Today’ by Margaret G. Wilson, page 77. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3g6a8Vy This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
This ad for The Diplomat is from the Miami News, January 20th, 1978 and carried the week. Interesting notes about the performers is that Bernadette Peters was coming from a cancelled TV series, ‘All’s Fair’, with, actor, Richard Crenna[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The postcard, above, shows City Island in Daytona Beach. The island, just east of Downtown Daytona Beach, has been home of horse and car racing and lots of baseball. American sports history was made when Jackie Robinson played baseball on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Something needed in North Central Florida in 1950 were hog houses. They still are needed today, just not as much as folks have gone from growing hog to going to Wal-Mart. Seems Annis Building Supply is no longer with us.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe, page 74. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here : https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R
This photo is from ‘Florida Cities’, published in 1965. The book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
The Teen Town youth center was opened by the West Palm beach Jaycees in 1949. This photo is from ‘Pioneers in Paradise – West Palm Beach First 100 Years’, page 153. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Get your frog legs! at Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, 12 miles south of Miami on U.S. 1. The back of the postcards states the inn is famous for “Southern fried chicken, barbecued spare ribs. two cocktail bars. Air conditioned. Fishermen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…