This matchbook is from the ‘Open Mess’ and bar for the Non Commissioned Officers (all ranks between Private First Class and Lieutenant) inside Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola. The building this was for was demolished in 2010. The problem[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s around 1890 and A.C. McSween has his crew laying track through a pine forest in Escambia County. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’.You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here or below.https://amzn.to/3ywEDvs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the early 1900s and the Ingham Dairy horse drawn cart makes it’s way through Pensacola delivering milk. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy[…]↓ 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 popular hangout in the 1950s, the Pensacola Dairy Company.Milk and ice cream were on the menu. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Opera House that once graced Downtown Pensacola was considered one of the greatest in Florida. It was built in 1883 by a local lumber magnate that also housed his bank in the building. Many perfomrd and spoke at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For a good part of Florida’s tourism the beach area from Pensacola to Panama City was labelled “The Miracle Strip”. This postcard advertises part of the strip from Escambia to Okaloosa Counties. A bit of confusion and a reason the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby celebrates with his typical gator-stack of pancakes, topped with a healthy, heaping pile of grits and topped with sausage links. He’s on a mild diet. So, no whipped cream and chocolate chips this time. . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Doodle your favorite place in Florida! Send Swampy the doodle you draw below or as a message! The gang doodles for National Doodle Day! Alva, the mouse, doodles a Lion for Lion Country Safari, West Palm beach. Trilby doodles a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Silver Cornet Band run by Professor Ned Wyer. This band play at all kinds of local events around Pensacola in the late 1800s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’, page 78. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A great place to have gone for Prime Rib Day. A place customers could see their steaks cooked. In the late ’80s, the places turned into full buffets. Eventually the owners added a couple of other buffets, included Quincy’s Steak[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Friday Train Stops: in Pensacola,1906, by way of the Shorpy Photo Archive site. An extraordinary image colorized. Click here to see the full image on the Shorpy website: http://www.shorpy.com/node/10833 If you haven’t “Like”d the Shorpy Facebook page, please[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…