Postcard Wednesday: Cypress Gardens
Here’s a colorful and cheery Cypress Gardens postcard postmarked 1973 for you all!
Here’s a colorful and cheery Cypress Gardens postcard postmarked 1973 for you all!
As another shuttle is up on another last mission. Here’s a brochure from the early ’70s for, what is now called, The Kennedy Space Center. This is just a two-sided card. Below is the flip side.
Circus World closed in the mid-80s and became Boardwalk and Baseball. Recently the site at the corner of I-4 and US 27 in Polk County has been partially transformed into an outdoor mall named Posner Park. From Orlando Magazine in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Chute the Chute’ is the title of this postcard of St. Augustine’s Alligator Farm. The card is postmarked 1966. The Alligator Farm is still with us. You can learn more about the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and plan a trip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a terrific and exciting ad. I want to go there now. If you haven’t been, the lions, rhinoceros, giraffe and many many animals that can only otherwise be experienced in a zoo or in the wild can be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Ross Allen at Silver Springs near Ocala. Here’s what is written on the back of the card: This postcard appears to have been hand colored. There is no postmark on the back.
Swampy’s handler just uncovered these interesting items stuffed in a Florida Festival bag. They may not have come out of the bag since they were purchased about 30 years ago. These are little critters made out of various small shells,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This button is actually blurry. I believe it’s the plastic over it making it that way. The photo isn’t so hot either, but this was a tough photo to take. Have to wonder who the girl is in the button.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…