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 to Mt. Dora this past week… Amongst Swampy’s stops was to Julianne’s Coastal Cottage, which has all Florida based or made products. The photo above is of Swampy with a Kermit’s (from Key West) chocolate covered[…]↓ 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…
This brochure for The Glades is from 1951. A quick look and apparently The Glades is still around, just no website. If anyone knows more about the location, please leave a comment below!
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 well cared for building in Clewiston, Saint Margaret Catholic Church. You have to look reeeeal close to find Swampy in this photo.
Swampy finds an early version of a barber chair at the Riverview Hotel in New Smyrna Beach. Click here to learn more and plan your own visit to the Riverview Hotel.
Here’s the block wide Webb’s City that used to grace St. Petersburg! Click here to learn more about Webb’s City.
Swampy visited Polk County’s newest park last weekend, Marshall Hampton Reserve along Lake Hancock near Lakeland and the Circle B Bar Reserve. Riding the newly built trails Bob and Lee Julius encounter the elusive Swampy. Bob’s very happy to have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a brochure of Fort Lauderdale with a artistic cover. The idea of this sounds good, but after the brochure is folded, the artist and canvas idea gets a bit lost. This brochure opens up further with more illustrated vignettes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Miami Beach, it’s Jean’s Candy Shoppe. Don’t know anything about Jean’s so please feel free to leave a note if you do. Jean sure had an outstanding book of matches. I’d guess this is from the 1940s. Sorry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…