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Here’s the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Apalachicola. This structure was built in 1917. Since these photos were taken there have been a few alterations such as a new sign in the front, the Baptism pool has been painted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is Downtown Auburndale in 1913. The year before a fire had brought the area to the ground. Before the 1912 fire, the Downtown was built of wood. The town builders turned to brick and that is what you see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Colonial 5 & 10¢ Store, Orlando
on August 7, 2013
at 2:33 pm
Here’s one of the five and ten cents stores in Orlando fifty plus years ago. Not sure of the date of this matchbook but would guess about 1960. Please post any comments below if you have memories of going to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seventeen year old Susan Deen was crowned in Hastings the 1962 Potato Queen by, then, Agricultural Commissioner Doyle Conner. The Deen family is a vast one in Florida spreading far beyond the potato fields in Hastings in western St. Johns[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s teh Seminole Hotel in Winter Park in the late 1800s. It burned to the ground in 1902. This photo is from Chronological History of Winter Park’ by Claire MacDowell. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
HEre’s the welcoming arch that once stood in Downtown Lakeland On Kentucky Avenue, off Main Street. This photo is from ‘Lakeland’s Unique Architectural Heritage’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Without an actual address, it’s hard to know where this was. Below is what is at 89th Street and the beach today. The building on the right is too new. The one on the left may have been The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘More Than A Memory’ by Becky Karst. You can get your own copy of this Orlando history book by clicking here or below.
Here are a couple of hunters in Perry after a busy day of hunting in 1930. That’s a lot of birds for two guys and three dogs. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’. You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: The LaBelle Motel, Labelle, 1960s.
on July 24, 2013
at 12:09 am
The LaBelle Motel in LaBelle still stands today as it did in the 1960s when this matchbook was available. Though, I’d think it more “modern” these days. Below is the front and back of the matchbook. Below is what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy near the Inverness Courthouse steps tonight at storms rolled in to this part of Citrus County.