No date on the flyer, but this seems to be the early 1950s.
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The El Rancho Hotel Court is still there at 7100 Nebraska Avenue in Tampa. Very unfortunately, the sign is gone. The card isn’t postmarked, but judging by the cars in the back of the motel, I’d say this is sometime in the ’60s.
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Here are parts of a fold out brochure for the Copacabana Motel in Daytona Beach. I think the lawyers today would advice the Copacabana Motel not to have the image of the folks sitting on the ledge. A search of the address seems to show the addressing has changed in the area since the days of the Copacabana Motel. There is a building that looks much like the same motel named the Silver Beach Club, but would have to go out there to really compare. If you know more please leave your thoughts below!
Here’s an envelope that was available in the Mayflower Hotel in Jacksonville in the 1930s. Top is the front. Below is the back of the envelope.
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Looks Like Spring Break 1975 in Fort Lauderdale!
on March 15, 2012 at 4:24 am
Somebody named Betty mailed this to Missouri in 1975 informing Ed not to be worried about the “lite bill”, she’ll take care of it when she gets home. In the meantime, it looks like she was enjoying Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Here’s an undated postcard of the Soutneraire Motel in Tallahassee. The only address given on the back of the card is that it was on US90, 1 mile west of the State Capitol. Also “free television” and “private telephones”. Apparently the hotel is stil there with the same name. I found this at the Manta site.
Feel free to note below any memories of the Southernaire.
Here’s another view of it at the Florida Memory website.
Here’s an actual shoe mitt to help wipe the sand and dust from your shoes after strolling the palatial layout known as The Breakers. I figure this is from the 1940s.
I’m gonna try to alternate between brochures, flyers and advertising paraphernalia to get more than just paper items of the collection on here.
By the way, feel free to post items you have here, Twitter or the Swampy’s Florida Facebook page.
Swampy made his way into Orange County and found the Santa standing guard outside the Park Plaza Gardens on Park Avenue in Winter Park.
Here’s a gigantic Christmas tree in Central Park on Park Avenue in Winter Park. The ornaments are handmade by the City of Winter Park ‘After School Enrichment Program’.
Here’s another live Christmas tree in Albert Park in College Park in Orlando.
Here’s a festive Addison to ‘O’ Stromboli’ Italian restaurant near Audubon Park in Orlando. The restaurant has changed names, it’s interior many times over the years, but the family has always kept the same location since 1948.
This brochure for The Glades is from 1951. A quick look and apparently The Glades is still around, just no website. If anyone knows more about the location, please leave a comment below!
Swampy’s Florida Travels: The Riverview Hotel, New Smyrna Beach.
on November 18, 2011 at 3:23 amPosted In: Florida Hotels, Swampy's Florida Travels
Swampy finds an early version of a barber chair at the Riverview Hotel in New Smyrna Beach.
Click here to learn more and plan your own visit to the Riverview Hotel.
Here’s, what is known today, as Flagler College in St. Augustine. At the time of this undated postcard this was, as it was built, the Hotel Ponce deLeon built by Florida pioneer Henry Flagler as he built the Florida East Coast Railroad down towards Miami. The hotel opened in 1888 and cost two and a half million dollars to build. U.S. presidents and royalty had stayed at the magnificent hotel. Click here to learn more about Flagler College.
This matchbook is for the Flamingo Court Motel. It once stood right beside the Orlando Motor Lodge, the matchbook of which was featured last week. Both hotels were demolished to have another medical office building built in the area.
