This ad from 1978 displays a form of Publix now gone. ‘The Deli’ was broken out of the butcher’s area. ‘The Danish Bakery’ was a separate building attached to many Publix Markets. This Publix ad is from a 1978 program[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where can you buy towels by the pound these days? The info on the back says it was on US 19, 4 miles north of Clearwater. There’s only a P.O. Box given in Dunedin. I’m not sure if this would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a part of the Swampy collection that was added when it was mailed in 1977 – this J.M. Fields Super May Sale book. I received it due to the nearby J.M. Fields in Winter Park. In the early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Above is a view of the Sears built at 2010 E. Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. I saw it on the Vintage Roadside Facebook page. I knew where the location was and that the Fun-Lan Drive-in Theater was next door and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
George Jenkins opened Publix in 1930 in Winter Haven. By 1940 he opened his first glass and marble Publix Food Store also in Winter Haven near where his first store had been. Above is opening day. Below is what it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you have memories of Farm Stores? Place yours in the comments! Farm Stores is another Florida born and raised company and still with us today. Since 1957 Farm Stores was known for the large spotted cow that was always[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Burdines ad is from the December 3rd, 1975 edition of the St. Petersburg Times. Below is a close-up showing what a young fellow had to spend to look cool in 1975: Before there were cell phones, there were these:
Swampy visits The Little Drug Store and Cibu Office Supplies on Canal Street in Downtown New Smyrna Beach. Below is a photo of goodies you can get at The Fountain in The Little Drug Store.
Some very familiar names to Floridians that grace this 1976 ad for Pompano Square Mall.
See the arch? It’s still there in Lakeland on Florida Avenue! So is the Publix and the Hardware store. The rest of the stores are gone. This card is from around 1970. Interesting that the lineup of stores of W.T.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…