This is the ‘Church of the Holy Name’, the first Catholic church in Miami. It was built on eight lots donated by Henry Flagler. This building was replaced with another church in the 1920s and no longer exists. This photo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A well dressed group of ladies from Lake City in the 1880s. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3kU5iLa This book is part of the Swampy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s North Miami Avenue about 1900 where C. Cone’s ‘Blacksmith and Wheel Wright’ has recently opened. You can see that Mr. Cone has plenty of work to do with the wagon and wheels around the building. Also, looks like some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Halcon Hotel in Downtown, Miami, in “Boom” time 1924. This structure had a French chateau look on the outside, but supposed looked far more plain on the inside. It sat on Flagler Street until 1938 when it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Steamboats were a major form of transportation throughout Florida in the 1800s. The advent of trains docked most. By the early 1900s steamboats had mostly disappeared. This photo is from the ‘Osceola County Centennial 1887-1987‘, page 394. You can get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the 1000th Burger Chef opened August 9th, 1969 in Treasure Island, south of Clearwater, the pirates came out in force to celebrate with burger, fries and shakes! Came across this image when Swampy’s Friend, Gar, sent a story about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was 17 members of the Clearwater community who came together in 1891 to start the Clearwater Presbyterian Church. Today it’s known as the Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church. This is a postcard mailed June 6th, 1944 from William Christie, 718[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the storefront of an Atlanta travel agency in 1938. This wasn’t an unusual display throughout the U.S. and beyond. Even around Florida travel agents usually had displays of other places in Florida to visit. These days travel agents have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are out there, not far from our shores. The sponges are not all that numerous. There is still farming of sponges by various businesses. Yet, a bit of scuba diving of Biscayne Bay might have you encounter such a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
8 months after starting construction of the Coral Gables Biltmore it was finished in 1926. Builder George Merrick was in a hurry. He was also about to go broke. It was years later before The Biltmore would be purchased and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Congregational Church in Coral Gables. The structure is the oldest established building (1923) in Coral Gables. It was built by Coral Gables developer George Merrick in honor of his father, who was a Congregational Minister. The church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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