Here’s Veteran’s Cab and Service Center on Parramore Avenue in Orlando. This photo is from ‘Black America Series – Orlando, Florida’ by Geraldine Thompson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
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Swampy’s Sunday Services: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Green Cove Springs, built 1879.
on May 25, 2014
at 2:27 am
The Dioceses of Florida organized the mission of St. Mary’s a year before the building was built in 1879. This structure has heard many sermons since the first was given March 10th, 1879. Here’s the view of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida is a part of the Florida Parent Educators Association event in Osceola County through Saturday. If you’re going, look for Swampy’s publishers and supporters, The Knowledge Exchange booth at the event. Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr. will be there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a recent acquisition on it’s way to the Marion County Museum of History in Ocala. Scanning it for backup before it joins other Marion County historical goodies. There’s more which I’ll add later.
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Sidewalk Art Festival in Winter Park.
on May 19, 2014
at 3:13 am
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…