Posts Tagged Florida travel
Here’s the pier in Jacksonville Beach in 1998.This photo is by John F. Cooper for the coffee table book of Jacksonville, ‘Jacksonville – Reflections of Excellence’ byDeborah Gianoulis and Lawrence Smith. You can purchase a copy of ‘Jacksonville – Reflections[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Green Cove Springs, built 1879.
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…
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.
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!
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.
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.
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…