Here’s a postcard that has no postmark. It’s labeled on the back: ‘View from wharf with skyline of Tampa, Florida in the background’. The skyline looks like the postcard might be from around 1980. What do you all think? […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy was in Orange Park Sunday at the St. Johns Country Day School and came across this wonderful statue of children playing musical instruments. You can learn about St. Johns Country Day School by clicking here: https://www.sjcds.net/ Here’s more background[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is dated from 1955. The message on the back to someone in Largo, Florida, is about the misadventures of a couple and their car that keeps breaking down in Perry, Tallahassee, etc.
A postcard of a “River Scene’ in Clermont in Lake County. This is undated but would guess is from sometime in the early part of the last century. I would also guess the “River” is really somewhere between Lake Minneola[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is “Kahana”, the Water God, during a Polynesian ritual at Tiki Gardens that once graced Indian Rocks Beach. Who remembers Tiki Gardens? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida postcard collection.
Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is ‘The Dolphin Restaurant and Marine Village’. Parts of these buildings still stand.
Me, Swampy together tonight at the opening dinner for the Florida SpringsFest with Ricou Browning & Jordan Klein, Sr. Ricou Browning is best known as the underwater Gill-Man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon. But he contributed so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the collection of what is still known as Port Tampa City. All of this developed because of the wealth of Henry B. Plant. He named the area Port Tampa City. The rail lines are also Plants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Pensacola Union Depot for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad circa 1900. This version of the station opened in 1882 and closed in early 1900. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – Florida First Place City’. You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the few drive-ins in Florida. The inside and outside service is one of even fewer in Florida. Oddly, one of the more significant similar layouts is nearby near Winter Haven, Andy’s Igloo. The food is fair to very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The annual Black Friday Swampy special is posting here in just a bit. This one goes through Sunday, realizing so many are out and about.