Swampy will be at the Marion County Museum of History and Archaeology booth at Ocali Country Days at Silver River State Park on Wednesday and Thursday to greet Marion County school children. Any that come by the booth can get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the Confederate monument looking over Lake Eola in Orlando in 1963. Click here to plan a visit to Lake Eola in Orlando. This photo is from Florida – A photographic journey by Hans Hannau. You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Corvair -Lockheed-Midas missile takes off of Cape Canaveral in the early 1960s. This photo is from ‘The First Book of Florida’ by Wyatt Blassingame. You can get a copy by clicking here or below.
This ad is from the July, 1949, copy of ‘Literary Florida’. Here’s what the location of Warwick’s Village looks like today: View Larger Map
Melbourne A Century of Memories by Melbourne Chamber of Commerce My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is part of my Swampy’s Florida book collection: This is a wonderful selection of columns telling of the history of Melbourne and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a postcard of the Robert Richter Hotel mailed December 26th, 1951 to the Vegetable Section of the USDA in Wyndmoor Pennsylvania. There is a sub-section mentioned – E.R.R.L. Don’t know what that means but taht is where the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gold Coast by Elmore Leonard My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is part of my Swampy’s Florida book collection. Not sure why I had trouble connecting with this book. It does occur to me that I’ve had trouble connecting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are the commons of the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota in 1963. Click here to plan a visit to the Ringling Museum of Art. This photo is from Florida – A photographic journey by Hans Hannau. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s David Rosenblatt in his delivery truck in 1930. Rosenblatt owned Southern Grocery located at 636 22nd Street South in St. Petersburg. Here’s what is at that address today: View Larger Map
Here’s a preview of tomorrow’s cartoon. Find out more tomorrow!
Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr. will be signing Swampy books at A. Parker Books on Main St. in Sarasota on Saturday from 12 noon until 3pm-ish. Come on by and say “Hello!” Click here for more about A. Parker Books.
Not sure how this was arranged, but Jackie Gleason had to give a mighty big blessing for this to happen. Below is the inside of the matchbook that uses all the Gleason catch phrases to sell the Hilton property. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…