Here is the Spring Side Motel in Ocala on Silver Springs Boulevard in the 1950s. The postcard declares a Free T.V. in every room, 28 units and 100% air conditioned. Here’s what the motel looked like in 2007: The motel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Seaboard Air Line train depot in Ocala in the early 1900s. In 1917 the Seaboard Air Line and the competing Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, with a depot down the road from this one, combined to create a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A postcard with the image of a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540-K with “huge eight cylinder supercharged engine”. According to the back of the postcard, the King of Afghanistan bought this in 1937 for $40,000. It was at one time part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Downtown Ocala in the 1940s. The stores have changed, but the structures are almost just as they were then. Click here to make plans to visit Downtown Ocala: https://www.ocalamarion.com/ In the background you can see the Marion Theatre. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Six Gun Territory! A perfect action shot of the show that once graced the property that was Six Gun Territory in Ocala. Opening in 1963 it combined with Silver Springs to pour hundreds of thousands of tourists into Marion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first image is the inside and the photo is the outside. Looks like one might have been better for the other.
Not surprising to find an ad from 1962 focusing on space travel. But Silver Springs? This ad is from an Orlando – Winter Park Attraction Guide from 1962. This guide is in the Swampy’s Florida collection. If you have any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This engine, No. 21, was built in 1886 for the Florida Southern Railroad and named ‘Ocala’ after the city. This photo is from ‘The Plant System’ by Gregg Turner and Seth Bramson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was once a very popular fried chicken spot according to locals in Ocala. The Ocala Center shopping center sits in the location now. If you have any memories of ‘The Golden Drumstick’, please leave some in the comment area.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was the First United Methodist Church in Ocala and was built in 1850. It was replaced in 1889. The church was built at the corner of 1st Street and Fort King Avenue. Here’s what that area looks like today.: […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad for Lyles Motors that was in Ocala. The advertisement was in the January 14th issue of the Ocala Star-Banner. This is what the Lyles Motors site looks like today: View Larger Map
It’s Take You Child to the Library and Trilby was briefly in the library until he was caught eating through the cookbook section. So Zuber gets the honor to read a book as Trilby examines the corner for an hour[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…