In some ways this same intersection looks the same. One huge difference is that instead of locally owned stores, there are more chains along Park Avenue these days. That and many of the trees that once lined Central Park have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Postcards
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: The interior of the Cheeca Lodge, Islamorada, 1964.
It’s a swinging time in Islamorada at the Cheeca Lodge in this 1964 postmarked postcard. The Cheeca Lodge is still open today. Click here to learn more about it: https://www.cheeca.com/ Thank to D. Kyle Quillen on Facebook who corrected me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Boat Ride to see Cypress Gardens’ Southern Belles! 1973. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Here’s a colorful and cheery Cypress Gardens postcard postmarked 1973 for you all! This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view VERY different today. This is an unmarked postcard and am open for ideas as to the age of it. I’d guess around 1940. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A threesome stroll the lake at the sanctuary of, the now called, Bok Tower Gardens. Something that still can be done today, though the area looks a bit different these days.This unmarked postcard appears to be from the 1920s. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Daytona Beach Pier. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Here is the infamous Daytona Beach pier before hurricane remodeling. The postcard is undated, but the car underneath would indicate around 1970. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They have air conditioning!!! That addition to the Cheyenne sign indicate this unmarked postcard is probably from the mid-1960s. Not knowing cars, some of you all may know the year via the car styles. I noted this in November 2012,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Though Country Villa is gone, the building stood until recently in Pinellas Park. The area of the restaurant now has a 7-11 and a Dunkin Donuts shop. View Country Villa in a larger map This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This March 1912 postmarked postcard is from, what I can best read, a H.W. Edwards and sent to a James Houghton in Lynne, Massachusetts. H.W. writes that they had spent time in Miami, heading to St. Augustine and hoping to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view of the wonderful Starlight Room at the Belleview Biltmore in Belleair. I’d say the undated postcard is from around 1960. Unfortunately, the Belleview Biltmore is no longer with us. The Starlight Room, remodeled a few times, was still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The postmark either is 1913 or 1919. It’s hard to tell. The correspondence is from Mrs. Hampton letting Mrs. Greenhalgh in Bloomingburg, N.Y. that Mrs. Turley is still holding her rooms in hopes she returns soon to Eustis. AS stated[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the long running and very well known B&B Fisheries in Daytona Beach. It had been opened more than 50 years and closed about ten years ago. Besides purchasing fish, it was also a restaurant known to serve the freshest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…