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.
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Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Roney Plaza, Miami Beach
on October 3, 2012
at 2:23 pm
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…
Tim was so kind to open an event Swampy was involved with yesterday at teh Orange County Regional History Museum that it seems best to profile on e of his books on book day. This is a wonderful book filled[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Venetian Causeway opens in 1926 to help folks get back and forth from Miami and Miami Beach. This photo is from ‘Miami: the Way We Were’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Cruising Tampa Bay.
on September 26, 2012
at 1:39 am
Here’s a matchbook for the ‘M/V Pinella’ that would give people the opportunity to cruise and fish the bay and nearby waters.
Downtown Fort Myers in 1925. There’s the Lee County Bank, which had the post office in inside at the time. The Edison Theatre played silent movies. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Fort Myers’ by Marian Godown & Alberta Rawchuck. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Funny Folks Behind the Serious Business of Cartoons’ is the name of a fun panel of Florida cartoonists and author Tim Hollis this Saturday at the Orange County Regional History Center. Tim Hollis starts off the event at 12:30[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Robert Wilder was raised in Daytona Beach and the Florida locale inspired many novels written by him. ‘Bright Feather’ was published in 1948. Many think that Patrick Smith’s magnificent ‘A Land Remembered’ is the only one of it’s kind. Actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…