FloridaPast Tour #1
featuring our Famed Now & Then Fades of
Welcome Stations, Hospitality Houses,
​Stuckey's, Horne's and Howard Johnson's
and any other Roadside at or near FloridaPast State Lines

'one Fade at a time'

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Bringing FloridaPast Back to Life
With Now & Then Fades
"Preserving FloridaPast in FloridaPresent for FloridaFuture"

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Be watchful of the Smokeys on your drive

Get in, sit back, and Enjoy the Ride. We're going to FloridaPast, and you don't even need to use a seatbelt.
Please excuse my sloppy driving......
​This is a Continuing Project...........

Just make sure you Filled the Gas Tank

1960s, coming out of Georgia into FloridaPast - Click for a Fade

The LONG BEAUTIFUL PEACEFUL ENJOYABLE TRIP TO FLORIDA

​We're almost there kids...........

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Sharing some interesting FloridaPast Now & Then Fades and Images!
We can use your shares, and Thank All of You who have shared!
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This is our on-going project. At any given time, I can get inspired and add something more here.
So Please Come On Back Again!!

Grab a box of popcorn, a bottle of coke, sit back and enjoy the ride!
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FloridaPast Welcome Stations, Stuckey's and Howard Johnsons
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​THANK YOU!!
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A Reminder of what was, Once FloridaPast
The first Hospitality House, or Welcome Station,  opened in Yulee Florida.
Their doors opened to Tourists, sometime during the fall of 1949.
Which was on the Georgia-Florida line.
Seven other Stations grew from there;
U.S. 41 at Jennings * U.S. 231 at Campbellton * U.S. 1-301 in Hilliard *  U.S. Route 27 in Havana *
U.S. 90 in Pensacola * Marine Center in Fernandina Beach * and U.S. 19 at Monticello
As we find other sources online that depict FloridaPast Welcome Stations,
Links Will Be Here
Mike's Historic Buildings Show n Tell

Florida State Entrance Welcome Archway 1935 - Click for a Now & Then Fade

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Wonderful Home Movie borrowed from Youtube. The first few moments show Florida Welcome Station views. Pretty Cool!

Friendly Directions at the Official Welcome Center Jennings, 1950s era

Official FloridaPast Welcome Station State Line Route 41 Jennings 1950s era

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Our Favorite Florida-Georgia State Line Welcome Station and
​Jennings Florida State Line Restaurant
All of our images here, when clicked on, will take you to the very spot.
With the slow-slide of the fade-bar, you can see Now & Then

1930s L.C. Shadrick & Son - Dead Center of the States' Line

Clicking on the image above,
will take you to the exact place this was/is.
Last Bar from FloridaPast, First Bar for Georgia.
L.C. Shadrick was a Smart Man building his place in two States.
​Right on the Line too.
​Can you imagine, 1930s, nothing but wilderness as far as you could drive in a few hours? What a spot to put a Bar and Grill, while living there.
Ma would get up, do some home-made cooking, and the Travelers would come by and have a Great Meal.
Research reveals in a 1940 census, L.C. Shadrick was 50 years old, from the County of Hamilton, Florida, where he did business and resided with his family, here of course. 
His wife's name was Jewie Shadrick, at this time, age 45, having two sons, Carl 24 yrs., and Alton, 7 yrs..
L.C. was born about 1890 in Georgia.
As history is found, we'll post it here.

You just gotta' love that, "LAST FLORIDA BAR" sign.
Imagine, 1930s, Nothing around but Wilderness and long quite lonely highway ahead. Are we going to stop? 
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More often than not, the linen view postcards, were created after an original photograph. It was a less expensive way of promoting your business. And in those days, most establishments gave these cards away to tourists.
Sometimes these views were created after a painting.
The Artist would make a rendering of a given place, and then printed on postcards.
And sometimes these views had both, which is obvious that this view did.

This is one of the better and earliest views of the new buildings

Our ever growing, FloridaPast Roadside "Fades" of the Florida State Line Grill - Shadrick's Candy Shoppe, Which became Stuckeys Candy Shoppe.
​The following two photographs take us inside, to see WhatWasInThere.

Early 1940s WhatWasInThere View

A view of WhatWasInThere Dining Room

 The photograph above left, the camera clicked sometime during the early 1940's era. before opening time. If you were to Reverse the View in the Now & Then Fade, you'll note that the glass block windows, still surround the entrance door.

As we view these stools at the counter of The State Line Bar & Grill here in Jennings Florida and Jennings Georgia,
we must wonder about all the converstations that went on.
This is the kind of fade we enjoy placing, WhatWasInThere. <- our long time venture of placing Now & Then Fades Inside. As time goes on, we'll have Plenty of these Fades to share. You may also want to visit our WhatWasInThere Facebook Page.

A Busy Morning at Stuckey's Candy Shoppe - aka Shadrick's 1940's

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At the time of this Fade, some original buildings still exist - Click to see a Now & Then

Stuckey's - that well remembered stop - Stuckey's Roadside

We'll get out, stretch our legs, Fill Up the Gas Tank, and Grab our Favorite... Stuckey's Pecan Log!

And an Ice Cold Bottle of Coca Cola to go. For Everyone!

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When traveling to highways of FloridaPast, one must always think of Stuckey's

Stuckey's of Perry, FloridaPast - We stopped for a fill up

Stuckey's Coca Cola and Texaco Three Icons of FloridaPast

Should'a grabbed all the FloridaPast souvenirs, and stashed em away for Florida Today

Because Stuckey's always reminds the past highway travelers of a more simpler time,
especially when visiting FloridaPast,
we decided to add more Stuckey's views
for your enjoyment

I'm sure I stopped at this particular Stuckey's a few times throughout the FloridaPast times of traveling

Stuckey's Pecan Shoppe - on the Suwanne River - Routes 19-27-98 A - FloridaPast

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When building our FloridaPast Tours, it was thought we would keep the like with the like. Or in other words, keeping some kind of order. You'll soon find out, if you haven't already, there is no order. Especially with our Roadside and Highways of FloridaPast Tours. As I find an image or interesting content, I place it where, at that particular moment, my mind tells me to.
And as I build FloridaPast, I realize, it's Much Better Not having order. Making it a more Interesting Tour down the Highways. It's boring if you know what's up ahead, but by not knowing what to expect, it builds Excitement. This is why, when we travel the Real Life Highways, it's Always Best to leave the mainstream, and meander down the country roads and forgotten highways.

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WELCOME TO HOWARD JOHNSON'S

A trip to FloridaPast, wouldn't be complete without Simple Simon and the Pie Man - North to South, South to North

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Hi Ya'll, click me to continue your FloridaPast Tour, but Not to hard, I may Snip at ya!

If you wanna skip around to other parts of your tour, without following Wally Gator,
you can use any of the FloridaPast Tour Links below, to get you there.
Remember, Wally doesn't like when his Tour leaves to go their own way. So he may snip at ya'
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