Here’s an interesting postcard of Tropical Park that was once in Miami. The card is not postmarked, so I don’t know when this was printed. I’d guess either in the ’30s or ’40s. A few things that makes this interesting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Paperwork
Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, 1940s. – Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. 1940s.
This is a view from about midway on the Mile, looking east towards Douglas Boulevard. The structures are mostly still there over 80 years later. Even parking is as shown. The “Air Conditioned” pharmacy in the bottom left corner was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard: Sailing along Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland.
This postcard was mailed February of 1941 to Mr & Mrs James Young in Polo, Illinois, from Jim and Ruth Lang. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Postcard #FlordiaPostcard #Floridana #Lakeland #LakelandFlorida #Boat #Sailing #Sailboat #Collectibles #Sailing #Boats[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard: Downtown, Ocala, 1950s.
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…
Pappas’ Restaurant, Tarpon Springs – Swampy’s Florida Postcard.
This unmailed postcard is a bit stuffed with place names and a list of bridges slapped on top of the map image. It does have a nice listing of the many, many points along the Keys, if you can read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sulphur Springs was quite a place 90 years ago. In 1953 the area was incorporated by the City of Tampa and what you see above soon vanished. This postcard, postmarked 1943, shows just part of the fun that was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmailed postcard appears to be from the 1940s-50s. This stretch of buildings still exists on Ulmerton Road, just west of Alternate 19. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………….#Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Floridana #Collectables #Largo #FloridaBusiness
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Saturday: Gone Fishin’!
This postcard sure shows why decades of people came to Florida. Also why egrets have never stopped being in Florida! This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Downtown Lakeland along Kentucky Avenue. The view is looking north from Main Street. Munn Park is to the left outside of this image. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Porpoise Fun at Floridaland! – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday.
A postcard of the former Floridaland and it’s “Amazing porpoise shows” in the “Porpoise Pool”, as stated on the back of the postcard.Floridaland was in Osprey, near Venice. This postcard isn’t postmarked, but would figure this is from the late[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmailed postcard celebrates the Florida-based media hit of the 1960s, ‘Flipper’. There were movies, a television series, comics, books, toys, etc. of the program. The concept was created by Ricou Browning, who had also been the underwater ‘Gill-Man’ in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…