It’s 1980 and, television programs, ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Starsky and Hutch’ are in syndication to local television stations. At the time, there weren’t fifty billion channels and this was an inexpensive way for local stations to run programming. Local Channel 6,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Catalina Inn opened at 33rd Street and Interstate 4 connected to the Catalina Isles neighborhood that still sits between the hotel and Clear Lake behind it. Since it’s opening in the late 1960s the hotel has had many names.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The location of 54 N. Orange Avenue in Orlando is the current location of ‘The Social’, right next door to the Beacham Theater. This location has been a series of restaurants over the years. Not sure which year McClammy’s was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Below are the full images of the front and back of the matchbook. Above are the two sides of the front cover. To us Ronnie’s fans, there was only ‘The Big 1’ – Ronnie’s!
It’s Grandma’s Kitchen in Miami and Orlando! Here’s what the Orlando location looks like today: View Larger Map There’s a gas station in the place of the Miami location today: View Larger Map
Swampy in Orlando Sunday morning as the Downtown Orlando Christmas star goes up. Swampy’s dear friend Jack Kazanzas got the City of Orlando to renovate and to continue to put the star up above Orange Avenue each year. Friends of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Funny Folks Behind the Serious Business of Cartoons’ is the name of a fun panel of Florida cartoonists and author Tim Hollis this Saturday at the Orange County Regional History Center. Tim Hollis starts off the event at 12:30[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To go along with the earlier post, here’s Sears at Fashion Square Mall. The first Sears in Orlando was in Downtown Orlando on Orange Avenue. It stood just to the left of where the people are walking across the street[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orange County Motor Lodge was one of the premiere hotels in Orlando in the 1920s through 1950s. Inside was the Terrace restaurant and a small snack shop by the entrance. The hotel hosted many school dances and social gatherings.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orlando Chamber of Commerce tacked ‘Orlando – The Action Center’ to advertising in the mid-’70s. Here’s an early brochure from that time. The top 2 of the collage of photos is of Lake Eola. The next is of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy made his way into Orange County and found the Santa standing guard outside the Park Plaza Gardens on Park Avenue in Winter Park. Here’s a gigantic Christmas tree in Central Park on Park Avenue in Winter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This matchbook is for the Flamingo Court Motel. It once stood right beside the Orlando Motor Lodge, the matchbook of which was featured last week. Both hotels were demolished to have another medical office building built in the area.