Here we view the St. Johns River in 1972. This photo is from‘Florida’ by Bern and Franke Keating. You can get a copy of this 1972 coffee table size photo book of Florida by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3nchkTC This book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s an upper Keys brochure that doesn’t have a date, but figure it’s around 1970.
Here are folks fishing for catfish along Taylor Creek, named for Florida Governor Zachary Taylor, that connects to Lake Okeechobee. This area later became a fish camp. This photo is from ‘Okeechobee Catfishing’ by Lawrence E. Will. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Three States steamboat on the Suwanee River in Branford in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3yhkonO . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Silver Cornet Band run by Professor Ned Wyer. This band play at all kinds of local events around Pensacola in the late 1800s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’, page 78. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was speaking to a lady from New York (who is very proud of that location) at an event in Maitland this past weekend and we started speaking about old Florida. The very first location she started talking about were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Sebring workers pick and pack tomatoes for market in 1922. From ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can buy your copy of the book by clicking here: https://swampysflorida.com/?p=4254 . . . . . . . #Florida #EatYourVegetables[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Weeki Wachee produced an underwater ‘Alice in Waterland’ in the mid-1960s. 25 mermaids got their underwater Broadway musical debut! The tough part was creating the costumes to be underwater and to work with air tanks and the breathing hoses. Tweedledum[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a matchbook for the former Sea Turtle Inn that sat in Atlantic Beach. The building was demolished over ten years. Just after another hotel was built with the pretentious name of One Ocean Resort. Click here to know more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an advertisement of the Gulfview Motor Company in Fort Walton Beach in 1955. This was originally posted in the ‘Fort Walton Beach: What We Did’ Facebook page by Gareth Stearns.: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203432763720071&set=gm.10151948584742032&type=1&theater . . . . . . . #Tuesday[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photograph by the Burgert Brothers shows Franklin Street looking north with the Hillsborough County Courthouse to the right. The court house was built in 1892 for $60,000. . . . . . . . . #Florida #Tampa #FloridaHistory #History[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was a favorite spot for tourists in Fort Lauderdale for many years. It eventually closed in the early 1990s. The property has been redeveloped to include a condominium and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Feel free below to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…