This is a view from about midway on the Mile, looking east towards Douglas Boulevard. The structures are mostly still there over 80 years later. Even parking is as shown. The “Air Conditioned” pharmacy in the bottom left corner was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the First Presbyterian Church of Pompano Beach, built in 1959. The church looks much the same today with a very significant difference – It is very Pink. In fact, for the past couple decades, the structure has been known[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby’s attempt to photograph nature had him make a significant encounter with a typical Florida mosquito. You can learn more about Nature Photographers Day by clicking here:http://www.nanpa.org/events/nature-photography-day/……..#NaturePhotographersDay #Photographers #Photography #Cameras #Pictures #Happy #Celebrate #DailyCartoon #Mosquito #Florida #Outdoors #FloridaOutdoors #daily #Cartoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Logging was the business to be in throughout the Florida Panhandle through the later 1800s and early 1900s. This postcard depicts a train that has gathering cut trees to be taken to one of the few sawmills scattered across the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and the gang salute our national flag! You can learn more about Flag Day by clicking here:http://www.usflag.org/history/flagday.html…… . #FlagDay #flag #AmericanFlag #Patriotic #Celebrate #dailyCartoon #Happy #Salute #American #Pride #AmericanPride #Celebration #florida #Patriotic #Daily #Cartoon Save Save
This postcard was mailed February of 1941 to Mr & Mrs James Young in Polo, Illinois, from Jim and Ruth Lang. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Postcard #FlordiaPostcard #Floridana #Lakeland #LakelandFlorida #Boat #Sailing #Sailboat #Collectibles #Sailing #Boats[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Union Congregational Church in the 1880s at a time where the local Methodists attended services in those early days of the community to be incorporated as Winter Park in 1887. This photo comes from ‘First United Methodist Church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Downtown Ocala in the 1940s. The stores have changed, but the structures are almost just as they were then. Click here to make plans to visit Downtown Ocala: https://www.ocalamarion.com/ In the background you can see the Marion Theatre. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s around 1890 and A.C. McSween has his crew laying track through a pine forest in Escambia County. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’.You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here or below.https://amzn.to/3ywEDvs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On the back of the card is stamped: ‘Courtesy of the Tampa Information Bureau of the Tampa [Fla.] Board of Trade”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today would’ve been entertainer’s Bob Hope’s 121st birthday. Swampy and Hope swung some clubs together at the Biltmore Hotel Golf Course, Coral Gables, in 1941. One place in our state with the birthday boy’s name is Bob Hope Village for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…