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Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sulpher Springs Slide, Tampa.
on November 12, 2019
at 7:38 am
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…
This is the second train depot that served folks coming or going from Boynton Beach. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Swampy’s #Florida Historic Photos: Polk County Lumbering 1910
on September 26, 2019
at 7:47 am
Three wagonloads of timber is pulled from the Polk County pine wilderness by a mighty steam engine on it’s way to a lumber mill around 1910. Photo from ‘Yesterday’s Polk County’ by Louise Frisbee, page 50. You can get your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The war was on and a message of diligence, being watchful and giving those protecting America a wide berth was the message during the scary days of WWII. The concern for Florida was the bad guys coming by sea to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Beauty Salon at Webb City in St. Petersburg. – Swampy’s #Florida Postcards.
on September 10, 2019
at 7:00 am
Here’s an unmarked post card of the old gigantic Webb’s City that took up an entire square block in St. Petersburg. It had salons, barbers, bowling alley, grocery store, dancing chickens and much, much more! Salons really haven’t changed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards : Alligators at Homosassa Springs.
on July 22, 2019
at 7:22 am
Who is watching who in this unmarked postcard of Homosassa Springs. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . #Florida #pensacola #FloridaLife #FloridaLifeStyle #FloridaLiving #History #FloridaLiving #FloridaHistory #Transportation #FloridaAlligators
The docks were a popular place for business and travel in Punta Gorda. Here is one of the railroad docks in the early 1900s. To the left are fish warehouses. Watch for an upcoming Swampy’s Florida cartoon about Punta Gorda.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postmarked 1907 postcard of Ocean Avenue in Palm Beach that made it’s way to Davenport, Iowa.
Here’s the train station in Orlando as it was in 1890. It stills stands today, mostly just as you see it here. This photo is from ‘Orlando: History in Architecture’. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was referred to as the “Alsobrook Station” in Sumter County in the community of Coleman. This photo is from 1909. The photograph is from a collection of ‘Our Florida Heritage’ magazine.
What a brochure! I think it explains itself. Wonderful that the artist got to leave his name on the art. Peter Porter’s signature is in the upper left corner of the second page. (This, as with most else you see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…