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…
Here’s an undated postcard of the former Cape Coral Gardens. The attraction was built with the intent of getting people to visit and then consider buying a home nearby in the development (Golden Gate Estates) owned by the fellows who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an early brochure for the Edison Home in Fort Myers. Click here to plan a trip to see the Edison House yourself!
Swampy found the main entrance to the Upper Hillsborough tract just east of Zephyrhills in Pasco County on County Road 54. Click here to learn more of all you can do on this tract of the Southwest Florida Management District.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know the Hotel Andrew Jackson is no longer with us, but not sure if the building is gone, too. Eat at Jenks was part of the hotel. W.T. Grant department store was also part of the building. Please add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This matchbook is for the Flamingo Court Motel. It once stood right beside the Orlando Motor Lodge, the matchbook of which was featured last week. Both hotels were demolished to have another medical office building built in the area.
This brochure of the King Arthur Inn, that was in Tampa, actually has a fold out cover. After you open the flaps in the front you see the interior below. Below that is the flip side. The hotel is now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Next week is a matchbook from the hotel right next door to the Motor Lodge. Next door to the hotel was the White Turkey Restaurant owned by Champ Williams. This was also the hotel with the tall diving board that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s The Patio Grill in The Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Jacksonville. The postcard was written on and with a stamp, but the postmark was made on the edge of the card. So no date of the card can be seen.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orlando Air Base eventually became the Orlando Naval Training Center in 1968. It later was shuttered and sold to developers to become a complex named Baldwin Park. A footnote here: Swampy’s handler, Rob, was born on the base when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…