Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Sidewalk Art Festival in Winter Park.
on May 19, 2014
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Swampy visited the Dunnellon Bridge that opened today to connect a paved right-of-way for people to travel on to get to the hiking trail of the Cross Florida Greenway. There was a grand opening ceremony that many from Marion County,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Parrot Fun at Weeki Wachee!
on May 15, 2014
at 4:30 am
Sadly, the parrot shows are long gone from the, now named, Weeki Wachee State park. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. #WeekiWachee #Birds #Aviary #FloridaFun #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaAttractions #Florida #FloridaPostcards #Postcards #History #FloridaHistory
This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
This photo is from ‘ Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden, page 97. You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Hotel Seminole, Jacksonville.
on May 12, 2014
at 3:58 pm
This is actually a blotter in the Swampy collection. I’ve also seen it as a postcard and the blotter is the exact size of a postcard. It advertises the J.B. Pounds Hotels. The Hotel Seminole in Jacksonville was a part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Temple Beth-El, Pensacola, @1900.
on May 11, 2014
at 2:30 pm
This is the second structure of Temple BEth-El. The same congregation built the synagogue in Florida in 1876. Both buildings were destroyed by fire. The congregation still thrives in their third building built in the 1930s. Click here to learn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Lutz United Brethren Church, 1914.
on May 4, 2014
at 1:05 am
Here’s the 1914 congregation of the Lutz United Brethren Church in 1914. The church is now the First United Methodist Church of Lutz. You can visit their website and learn more about the church by clicking here. This photo is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Cheese Cottage, Winter Park Mall, 1967.
on April 29, 2014
at 2:29 am
Who remembers the ‘Cheese Cottage’ in the Winter Park Mall in Winter Park? This is from the ‘Florida Heritage Cook Book’, page 144. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Martha Ross, from New Smyrna Beach, has been an active part of the Swampy’s Florida Facebook page, but I had never met her until the Marion County Springs Festival this weekend. She’s a big Swampy fan and here she is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…