A crowded steamboat, the Astatula, docked in Palatka in 1893. From ‘When Steamboats Reigned in Florida’ by, Swampy’s friend, the late Bob Bass.You can get your copy by clicking here.https://amzn.to/33bhal8 #Steamboat #Boat #FloridaSteamboat #FloridaBoat #Boating #FloridaBoating #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #Travel #FloridaTravel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the repair crew for boats coming into the Pensacola docks in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a colorful and cheery Cypress Gardens postcard postmarked 1973 for you all! This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This March 1912 postmarked postcard is from, what I can best read, a H.W. Edwards and sent to a James Houghton in Lynne, Massachusetts. H.W. writes that they had spent time in Miami, heading to St. Augustine and hoping to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fleet’s in in Tarpon Springs in this 1940s postcard. This is Dodecanese Boulevard that ribbons through the heart of Tarpon Springs. The road is still there but with asphalt on it. That angle the angled parking is now gone.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card of the St. Johns River is part of a set that is unmarked but identified as coming from the 1880s. We’ve been featuring this set in the past few weeks. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now here’s a deal! The building illustrated still exists in Winter Park on Park Avenue. This ad is from an Orlando – Winter Park Attraction Guide from 1962. The guide is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. By the way,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard shows the Bahia Mar Yacht basin, the home of the famed Travis McGee. He lived at slip F-18 on the Busted Flush. John D. MacDonald created the hero of McGee and wrote 21 novels to tell his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.)
This unmarked postcard shows some folks taking a canoe along Fisheating Creek in Palmdale. The postcard states that this scene is near one-time-famous Gaskin Cypree Knee Museum. The museum has been gone along time now. It was once a fascinating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gold Coast by Elmore Leonard My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is part of my Swampy’s Florida book collection. Not sure why I had trouble connecting with this book. It does occur to me that I’ve had trouble connecting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friends at Copperfish Books hold up a few special Florida treasures they have here at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in The Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg. Copperfish Books is in Punta Gorda. Stop by and see enjoy yourself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…