The newest Swampy book premieres this weekend – ‘Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival’. The book was created for the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce‘s annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival. Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr., writer and artist of the book, will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The submarine looking boat was actually a glass bottom boat that once roamed the Rainbow River from Rainbow Springs years ago.
Here are two great images from a Stardust Motel matchbook from the Swampy collection. Below are the full size versions of the front and inside of the matchbook.
The Patrician Hotel sits on Collins Avenue off 36th & 37th in Miami Beach. The address is 3621 Collins Avenue. Well, it was once The Patrician. Now it has the name, ‘All Season Condo/Hotel’ and is for sale. Here’s what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard of Hillsborough River State Park that’s postmarked 1967 and sent to Westlake, Ohio by a Owen Richart. He writes something that’s hard to read about wind in Ocala and a trip to Juniper Springs.
Florida historian, Hampton Dunn, tags a series of Florida historic locations with one page reviews and history. The state is well covered by being broken up in three parts, Central, East and West Coasts. The volume is dated and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s one of the opening art shows at Harmon Gallery now celebrating fifty seasons of showing artwork. In 1982 the gallery became Harmon Meek Gallery. Click here to learn more about and to visit Harmon Meek – Gallery.
This photo is from ‘Fort Meade – 1849-1900’ by Canter Brown, Jr. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Swampy made a stop at Sea Shell City back in November. It is one of the few (Maybe the only) traditional roadside Florida souvenir shops locally owned anywhere between Pensacola Beach to Panama City Beach. Quickly becoming one of the few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tales Of Old Brevard by Georgiana Greene Kjerulff My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a terrific history book. full of stories, history, maps and photos. This is what every history book should have. Too many write of locations[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a preview of the Swampy’s Florida cartoon coming tomorrow.
Pioneer Florida Museum and Village is a terrific place to spend the afternoon for a leisurely stroll through Florida historic structures and exhibits. There’s the Trilby train station moved to the location along with an engine and caboose. The old[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…