Woodsawing events brought young people in to compete and help run steam out of showing off. Here’s one in Jackson county in the 1930s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday in Florida: Volume 3’ which you can purchase by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the early 1900s and barmen wait for the cowmen to come into their Buckhorn Saloon in Fort Pierce. This photo is from ‘Florida Cowman’ by Joe Ackerman. You can purchase a book by clicking here or below. Didn’t realize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Lake Mirror in Lakeland, 1892. This photo is from ‘Vistorian Florida’ by Floyd & Marion Rinhart. You can purchase this book by clicking here or the link below.
Here’s a familiar site to long time Floridians! Publix, Woolworth, appliance store, etc. This photo is from Swampy’s friend Tim Hollis’s book, ‘Selling the Sunshine State’. You can buy one by clicking here or below.
Taking the Ocklawaha between Orange Springs and Fort Brooke (Now known as Ocala) the Okahumkee steamer would transport people and products. This photo is from 1876. This photo is from ‘Vistorian Florida’ by Floyd & Marion Rinhart. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Friend, Jennifer Huber snapped this photo today of the annual Swampy Christmas card up at the historic John H. Sams Homestead, on northern Merritt Island. Didn’t know it was up! Jennifer is with the Florida Outdoor Writer’s Association (where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy with Al Kunz and Hoyalene Thomas of the Marion County Historical Commission at the Marion County Museum of History with the flyer advertising this Sunday’s entry in the lecture series: Cracker! The Cracker Culture in Florida History by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mei Yin was a Chinese-American restaurant in Miami Beach. The building still stands and is a Wings beachwear store. You can see it in the map below. View Larger Map
Jumping for dinner at Marineland! This photo is from around 1960. This is from ‘The American Travel Series – Florida’ by Andrew Hepburn. You can purchase one of these travel guides by clicking here or below.
Downtown Jacksonville, 1950. From ‘Yesterday in Florida – Annual Volume 1’ You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
Anyone taking a bus this morning? This is a photo of the bus taking folks to the Qui-Si-Sana Hotel in Green Cove Springs in the early 1900s. The photo is from ‘Parade of Memories – A History of Clay County,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Facebook friend, Johnny Phillips, asked about Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa. I just had a photo of it I was going to post and now can’t find it. I still wanted to honor his request, so I went[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…