On Saturday, May 19th, from noon until 3pm Swampy will be with 11 other authors & illustrators at Half Off Books in Orange City, Florida debuting the newest in the series, Swampy’s Florida: Wildlife on Land. Rob Smith, Jr. will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some very familiar names to Floridians that grace this 1976 ad for Pompano Square Mall.
Here are tickets for what appear to be rides and games along Jacksonville Beach in 1948.
Here Terisa Glover works to create a new Swampy, working from design to sewing to stuffing. What will he look like? A bit more like the cartoon version. When can you see him? The new Swampy will be revealed on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy made his way into Orange County and found the Santa standing guard outside the Park Plaza Gardens on Park Avenue in Winter Park. Here’s a gigantic Christmas tree in Central Park on Park Avenue in Winter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad for the La Frond Apartments in Indian Rocks Beach. There’s not an address on the brochure, so it’s harder to figure if the building is still there and as apartments. Please feel free to leave a comment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a matchbook from the old Florida Bank of Commerce in Clearwater from the 1970s. Today there is another set of banks with the same name but unrelated in Central Florida. New banks will often pick up names of other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a match box from Kelly’s Fish House in Naples. The restaurant opened in 1952 and is still one of thee restaurants to visit while in Collier County. Decorated with historic items, historic photos and tables made by Ben Storter,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the block wide Webb’s City that used to grace St. Petersburg! Click here to learn more about Webb’s City.
One of the best known restaurants on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Hackey’s Restaurnat expanded to Miami Beach. Hackney’s in Atlantic City closed in the early 1980s. Don’t know when the one in Miami Beach closed or about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…