This paperback book published by the Florida Development Commission is an interesting overview of the “cultural” activities throughout the state as of 1935. Culture is a community’s accumulation of everyday activities over a period of time. This book takes on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the largest load of lumber pulled from the pine forests of Lee County, near Slater, by the Dowling & Camp Lumber Company in the early 1930s. From ‘Lee County – A Pictorial History’. You can purchase a copy by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy has been on the road for the past week and couldn’t post on Twitter. I’ll make up for it here by reposting posts from Facebook. You’ve been posted. 🙂 By the way, you can follow Swampy on Facebook by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Red Cross Pharmacy that once stood in Downtown Miami. It’s gone now, but had a long history. Over the years the business changed hand eventually ending up with Florida drug store magnate, Jack Eckerd. Before Eckerd bought the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a pilot training at the Melbourne Naval Air Station during it’s existence between 1942 and 1946. This photo is from ‘The History of Brevard County – Volume 2’ by Jerrell Shofner. You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
   Here’s a matchbook from Bradenton. The Palmetto address is now a parking lot. The Bradenton address is now a title company. Here’s the inside of the matchbook.
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.