In the 1920s the Thompson family just off Key West would capture sharks and later bale the meat to ship out to food shops and restaurants.
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Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Carnival Bar, Miami
on September 19, 2012
at 12:41 am
This is the matchbook for the Carnival Bar that once existed in Downtown Miami. The Bayside Office Center now sits in a good deal of the block that the Carnival once was. The address is now being used by Capricorn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The house and mode of transportation of teh William Moore family in St. Cloud. Don’t know the date, but probably around 1900. This photo is from ‘Yesterday in Florida: Volume 3’ which you can purchase by clicking here or below.
To go along with the earlier post, here’s Sears at Fashion Square Mall. The first Sears in Orlando was in Downtown Orlando on Orange Avenue. It stood just to the left of where the people are walking across the street[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Mei Yin Restaurant, Miami Beach, 1940s.
on September 12, 2012
at 3:09 am
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