Swampy’s friend and fellow cartoonist, Jeff Parker, shot this image of Panama City Beach tonight, August 23rd, 2013.
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Great egrets in the Everglades. This from ‘Everglades: Wondrous River of Life’ by Steve Walker. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/2BWje6N
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Canoeing Fisheating Creek, @1970
on August 3, 2020
at 2:39 pm
This unmarked postcard shows some folks taking a canoe along Fisheating Creek in Palmdale. The postcard states that this scene is near one-time-famous Gaskin Cypree Knee Museum. The museum has been gone along time now. It was once a fascinating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the Nemo taking passengers from the Hotel Ormond out onto the Tomoka River to see the sights in the 1900s. Apparently a couple of women wish to join the tour by walking out on a fallen tree. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a photo from a 1957 Florida Vacation Guide that shows shoppers in a “smart shop”. The location isn’t mentioned. If you recognize where this is, or was, in our state please leave a comment below. The Florida Vacation Guide[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Everglades Wonderland for Boys and Girls’ by Lura D. Dickson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3fV5KH6
Here are the shuffleboard courts that still sit in Downtown St. Petersburg today. In the background is The Coliseum, which also still stands today. In 1923 the first of the shuffleboard courts opened and still thrive today as a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This one is from a big ol’ bunch of postcards connected in a postcard folder of Monkey Jungle images. As is the case for almost all of the postcard packs in the Swampy’s Flordia collection, this one was never mailed.
While traveling the state of Florida have been seeing the annual arrival of wild flowers everywhere. These purple wildflowers are the most abundant. Are these a type of phlox? This field was found in Ocala.
The newly built First Presbyterian Church of Apopka gets the finishing touches of a steeple in 1952. The church still stands today! To learn more about the church or visit soon Click here: https://www.facebook.com/FirstPresApopka/ This photo is from ‘Images of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a pineapple plantation tended to by Morris R. Johns along the St. Lucie River. Downtown Stuart now sits in it’s place. I believe the library today sits somewhere around where this plantation was. This photo is from ‘History of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby decides to take a walk with Estero as one would with a catfish – in a canoe. There are so many great waterways that line and weave through our state. Get out there and canoe one today or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…