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…
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…
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…
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…
I posted the photo above last week while in Lakeland on Facebook. It’s the new Tax Collector’s office. Promising to post more photos, i add them now below. It’s an amazing restoration of an early Publix Supermarket. Publix is based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘ Everglades: The Story Behind the Scenery’ by Jack De Golia. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
Click here to plan a rip to visit the Garden Key Fort Jefferson lighthouse. This photo is from ‘ Guide to Florida Lighthouses’ by Elinor De Wire. Click here to purchase or below.
Here’s the Sparr United Methodist Church in Sparr in northern Marion County. Click here to learn more about and visit this church.
After another trip into Jacksonville, have worked the day on Swampy books. As a new set of Swampy’s Florida books go to press, I was contacted about fixing some page number issues involving ‘Florida Cracker Christmas’. While in the area[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…