Here’s teh still surviving El Rancho Hotel Court, now more referred to as a motel. I seem to recall the sign being around in the early ’80s. Don’t know when the sign came down, but would guess it was during[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The legendary creator of the Toff mysteries, John Creasey, wrote a series of 6 novels under the pseudonym Robert Caine Frazer. The series appeared from 1959 to 1962 and is about British private investigator Mark Kilby who mostly worked for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lindy’s Sundries matchbook. The address doesn’t seem to exist anymore, so I couldn’t find what is in the place of Lindy’s today.
Here’s a two sided mailer for La Cafe De Paris in Fort Lauderdale from the 1960s. The restaurant opened 50 years ago and is now one of the oldest French restaurants in Florida. Here’s what the building looks like today[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the long running and very well known B&B Fisheries in Daytona Beach. It had been opened more than 50 years and recently closed. Besides purchasing fish, it was also a restaurant known to serve the freshest fish. It was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a part of the artwork I’m drawing for the upcoming ‘Swampy’s Florida: Lake Wales’ coloring and guide book.
One of the Great books once produced by Great Outdoors Publishing. This short and concise 28 pages came out in 1980. It was written and with very nice illustrations by Francis Wyly Hall.
A matchbook from the Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach.
Paving roadway sure has changed since 1912. This group is paving Eagle Lake Loop in Eagle Lake in Polk County. This photo is from ‘The History of Winter Haven’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Saw this flat bed with a team of bulls on it. The flat bed was going south towards Tampa. Maybe even further south to Sarasota or Fort Myers or even Miami. I was curious where such a load was going.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s another Coca-Cola distributor in Winter Haven. This photo is from ‘The History of Winter Haven’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Swampy and Rob Smith, Jr. were part of a panel discussion put together by Rob for the opening of a Peanuts exhibit at the Orange County Regional History Center. Below are a few photos taken at the event. More to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…