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.
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Downtown Jacksonville, 1950. From ‘Yesterday in Florida – Annual Volume 1’ You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
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…
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…
The Orange County Motor Lodge was one of the premiere hotels in Orlando in the 1920s through 1950s. Inside was the Terrace restaurant and a small snack shop by the entrance. The hotel hosted many school dances and social gatherings.[…]↓ 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.
In the early 1930s the bathing suits these ladies are wearing were considered decadent. Here we see conscientious objectors to the law. This photo is from ‘Miami Memoirs” by John Sewell with update by Arva Moore Parks. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1930 view of Miami looking south on Biscayne Boulevard from 8th Street. This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
Anyone trying to get their first driver’s license in the late ’70s or early ’80s had a copy of this book. Did you have one like it?
Neat evening shot of the Silvermoon Drive In in Lakeland. The drive-ins are still out there! Do you have one near you?