Here are two wonderful photos taken yesterday by Kelly Shannon Kelly while at Homosassa Springs. Spotted these on Facebook that Kelly posted and wanted to share them. It just so happened that a Homosassa Springs postcard was scheduled for today,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visited his friends as Parker Books in Downtown Sarasota. Parker Books carries an amazing amount of books. It also has a grewat supply of Florida books. Here Dan Christian has copies of Susan McManus’ ‘Citrus, Sawmills & Critters, Jeff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are two sides of a 1960 Silver Springs brochure.
Swimmers having Summer fun at Spa Beach in St. Petersburg in 1923. This photo is from ‘St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888-1950’ by Raymond Arsenault. You can click here to get a copy for yourself.
From the Platt Street Bridge is a view of Downtown Tampa. Below the bridge is the Hillsborough River. Practically everything in view here is gone now. There is no date on this postcard, but guesstimating from the structures that this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A young lady and a baby gator! this 1896 is not an unusual site as tourists visiting Florida saw these little fellows as not much different than a lizard. They would buy them and carry them around in a cigar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a hurricane fashion pose after a hurricane in Fort Lauderdale in 1947. Photo is from ‘Florida’s Hurricane History’ by Jay Barnes. You can purchase a copy of the book yourself by clicking here or below.
Here’s Swampy along Falling Creek in Falling Creek Falls Park. The park is in Columbia County in North Florida. The park is 204 acres and includes one of Florida’s few waterfalls. Click here for more information about Falling Creek Falls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Peter Updike sent along this photo to share of someone crossing the road to get to the other side. Peter took this shot “while bike riding in the Half Moon WMA, what a thrill. Gator Country!”
Here is a wonderful way to present a fishing exhibit. It at the Winter Garden Heritage Museum. A short distance away is what was once one of the premiere bass fishing areas in the country. That area is Lake Apopka.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the legends of comic books, Joe Kubert died Sunday, August 12th, Joe was not born, did not live, or draw about Florida. However, Swampy’s handler, Rob Smith, Jr., me, did go to Joe’s school, The Joe Kubert School[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The El Rancho Hotel Court is still there at 7100 Nebraska Avenue in Tampa. Very unfortunately, the sign is gone. The card isn’t postmarked, but judging by the cars in the back of the motel, I’d say this is sometime[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…