The Google folks did this, not I. Somehow it took a set of photos I took this past Saturday along Lake Mary Jane at Moss Park, south of Orlando, and strung them together to create this bit of animation. Pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
A bit chilly to take to the water at the moment. But these folks are getting well dunked in the surf at Miami Beach in 1921. This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple of Seminole boys along a canal along the Tamiami Trail around 1940. The photo was taken by the WPA. This photo is from The Seminole Indians In Florida by the WPA Federal Writer’s Project. You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Edward Scissorhands is not only filmed in Florida, but, unlike ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’, is also set in Florida. Filming was all over west Central Florida. Lakeland’s iconic Southgate shopping center arch figures prominently in the film. The arch[…]↓ 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…
Here’s the William Howard steamer docking in Silver Springs as it traveled along the waters shipping people and product from Jacksonville to Ocklawaha amongst other places along the rivers.
This is the Taylor High School girl’s basketball team in 1947. The book this is in claims this to be Taylor High School in Baker County, but I don’t believe there ever was a Taylor High School in Baker County.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the Lakeland Brass Band waiting to play for the soon arriving President Grover Cleveland. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Polk County’ by Louise Frisbee. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Here is Governor Fuller Warren with Rosemary Carpenter, Miss Florida, and Miss Fernandina in 1949. Dig Gov Warren’s snazzy shoes! This photo is from Literary Florida , May 1949.
The First United Methodist Church in Pensacola is the oldest Methodist church built 1821. Below are other photos of the exterior. The last photo is of Swampy inside the church where an antique show was happening. Found postcards soon to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…