Here’s the Boca Raton Resort and Club from 1963. Click here to learn more about the resort. This photo is from Florida – A photographic journey by Hans Hannau. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here.
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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…
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Greetings from Jacksonville!
on November 4, 2013
at 2:37 am
These city themed postcards have been popular for a long time. The hey day was in the ’30s through the ’50s, but you can still find some today. This one features Jacksonville with each letter featuring a highlight of the[…]↓ 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…
Found this ad for the Elise Frank School of Art in a 1949 copy of Literary Florida.
A Corvair -Lockheed-Midas missile takes off of Cape Canaveral in the early 1960s. This photo is from ‘The First Book of Florida’ by Wyatt Blassingame. You can get a copy by clicking here or below.
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.