Do you have memories of Farm Stores? Place yours in the comments! Farm Stores is another Florida born and raised company and still with us today. Since 1957 Farm Stores was known for the large spotted cow that was always[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad is from February 11th, 1969 for Miracle Strip Freezer Meats in Fort Walton Beach. The advertisement appeared in the Playground Daily News. Miracle Strip Freezer Meats was, at one time, on Miracle Strip Boulevard, which is the street[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
90 years ago today this advertisement appeared in the Palm Beach Post today. You can still buy a Frigidaire…just not a new model like this!
To celebrate the day of birth of Ben Franklin, in 1706, the gang flies a kite. You can learn more about Ben Franklin by clicking here: http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234 If you watch the Biography full episode, it is narrated by, actor and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the L. A. Scorgie Hardware store around 1920 that once sat in Frostproof. Take a look at those bikes and the display of wrenches to the left. This is from The early history of Frostproof: Volume one’ by Dora[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad for Lyles Motors that was in Ocala. The advertisement was in the January 14th issue of the Ocala Star-Banner. This is what the Lyles Motors site looks like today: View Larger Map
This ad for Anthony’s store in West Palm Beach is from the Palm Beach Post, January 7th, 1940. Anthony’s opened in Palm Beach County in 1895! Today Anthony’s now has locations all over Florida and you can plan a visit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Clearwater depot of the 1880s seems to stand empty as an Orange Belt train leaves the station. This photo is from ‘The Plant System Of Railroads, Steamships And Hotels: The South’s First Great Industrial Enterprise’ by Gregg M. Turner[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Kissimmee Masonic Lodge members and those associated await a train for a trip in the 1890s. These days the Masonic Lodges, and so many more organizations, have a far smaller congregation. People are spending more time entertaining themselves than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nestled on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park is Knowles Memorial Chapel. Earlier this month the services for former Rollins president, Thaddeus Seymour were held here. The postcard has no postmark and was printed in Asheville, North Carolina,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is back when Sulphur Springs was a tourist attraction. The Sulphur Springs area was the magnet for tourists back in the 1920s. There was a hotel, this slide, a movie theater, etc. It ended as the boom ended. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…