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…
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…
Here’s an 1880s postcard of a steamship along the Ocklawaha River in Marion County. The person this was bought from is the one who tagged this and more in a set as being from the 1880s. There isn’t a postmark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s another of the 1880s postcards recently aded to the Swampy collection. It features Fort Mantanzas and a steamboat of the Ocklawaha River. Fort Matanzas has it’s name due to Spanish conquistador Menendez massacre of nearly an entire population of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard must be from the 19-teens or 20s. Wonder what became of those little children? What are your favorite Florida river banks? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is from a Fort Lauderdale folding postcard pack that wasn’t mailed, but appears to be from the 1950s. This postcard packet is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #Postcards #Postcards #Attractions #FloridaAttractions #Miami #MiamiFlorida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This 1888 photograph of the Indian River shore shows the coquina rock that lies beneath to many of us. This photo is from ‘Victorian Florida: America’s Last Frontier’ by Floyd and Marion Rinhart. You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Graham Creek on the lower Apalachicola River, solidly lined with tupelos.” This photo is from ‘The Watery Wilderness of Apalach, Florida’ by Betty M. Watts, 1975. You can get your own copy of this book that examines the lifestyles of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard must be from the 1920s or so. Wonder what became of those little children? (This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.)
A quieter portion of Swift Creek that makes it’s way to the Suwanee River. Photo from the Suwanee River hike I took earlier in February, 2016.
Postmarked 1913 this postcard from somewhere near Lee County ended up in Brawley, California. The note on back is a sister not happy that she’s going to have to stay where they are in Florida for “a few more years’.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Google folks did this, not I. Somehow it took a set of photos I took this past Saturday along Lake Mary Jane at Moss Park, south of Orlando, and strung them together to create this bit of animation. Pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…