Here’s an interesting item from Swampy’s collection of Floridiana: A plastic cow creamer. It’s believed there are other versions of this from other states. Here’s the Florida one. These were sold at roadside tourist spots all over Florida and this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a brochure for the former Howard Johnson’s that used to stand in Pompano Beach at the corner of Atlantic Blvd. and Pompano Beach Blvd. The rate card that is with the brochure is dated 1981. The building is gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Frogs” set loose hundreds of frogs around Wewahitchka in the Panhandle. Frogs you find in the area are likely descendents of the frogs used for this film. The celebrity frog relatives are a bit difficult to get an autograph from,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Downtown Wildwood in the 1950s. Source: 2008 Sumter County Historical Calendar.
Jose Huau’s cigar store in Jacksonville at the corner of Bay Street and Pine Street in the 1890s. Huau ran this store and also was an agent of Cuban Junta involving the Spanish-American War. I was at his store that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Florida’s first flight school opened in Miami in 1912 by aviation expert, Glenn Curtiss. This photo is from ‘Mostly Sunny Days: A Miami Herald Salute to South Florida’s Heritage’, Edited by Bob Kearney. You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Franklin Street in Tampa in 1926. Prominent is the Tampa Theatre, which still thrives today! This photo is from The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 23, page 211. You can purchase a copy for yourself by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an odd place for a police line up…oh…wait..appears these are members of the Indian Rocks Beach Chamber of Commerce. This photo is from ‘Indian Rocks – As It Was’ by the Indian Rocks Beach Historical Society. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Built in 1924, the Venetian Pool has been one of the highlights of George Merrick’s Coral Gables development. It was created out of a coral quarry dug out at the time during the building of the homes and other structures[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the first band to raise the roof in Fort Myers in 1887. Mr and Mrs Thomas Edison had been amongst so many around Fort Myers that were played to by this brass band. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from a great story over at the Tampa Tribune site about the current depot in Plant City back in 2014. Sadly, that story is no longer available. The depot is a happening place these days! October 9th[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a swizzle stick from the Swampy collection from the old Tampa Jai-alai, which shuttered on June 29th, 1998. This swizzle stick is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . #Flordia #Sports #FloridaSports #JaiAlai #FlordiaJaialai #Tampa #TampaFlorida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…