Tiki Gardens was in Indian Rocks Beach in Pinellas County. It was everything from a shell shop to a literal garden. Here is a brochure from around 1960 of that shop and attraction. Click here to read of Tiki Garden’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Amusement Spots
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sulpher Springs Slide, Tampa.
This is back when Sulphur Springs was a tourist attraction. The Sulphur Springs area was the magnet for tourists back in the 1920s. There was a hotel, this slide, a movie theater, etc. It ended as the boom ended. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Beauty Salon at Webb City in St. Petersburg. – Swampy’s #Florida Postcards.
Here’s an unmarked post card of the old gigantic Webb’s City that took up an entire square block in St. Petersburg. It had salons, barbers, bowling alley, grocery store, dancing chickens and much, much more! Salons really haven’t changed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards : Alligators at Homosassa Springs.
Who is watching who in this unmarked postcard of Homosassa Springs. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . #Florida #pensacola #FloridaLife #FloridaLifeStyle #FloridaLiving #History #FloridaLiving #FloridaHistory #Transportation #FloridaAlligators
The Elvis Presley Museum was on a loop road off International Drive in Orlando. It was run by Elvis friend and untra-fan, Jimmy Tennant, who was also known as Jimmy Velvet. The museum had the support of the Presley family.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Cape Coral Gardens
\ Cape Coral Gardens opened in 1964 and closed in 1970 and featured performances like this. Also included was a dancing waters show and, of course, the gardens.
Fairyland was an attraction in Tampa that included the Little Fairy Queen that cruised the Hillsborough River. Fairyland was part of Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, which still exists today but with a silly name (ZooTampa at Lowry Park). Click here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards – Silver Spring’s Ross Allen
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. =”570″ height=”364″ />
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards – Lake Placid Tower, 1961
Lake Placid sure has changed a lot as has the area around the Lake Placid Tower. This postcard is from around it’s beginnings in 1961. Unfortunately there is no date or postmark on the back of the postcard. Currently the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Postcard Wednesday: The London Wax Museum in St. Pete Beach
Here’s a 1960’s postcard of the Toussaud London Wax Museum in St. Pete Beach. Since the attraction opened in 1963 and judging by the age of the car, I’d say this is a postcard from around the time it opened.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Tiki Gardens, Indian Rocks Beach
This is “Kahana”, the Water God, during a Polynesian ritual at Tiki Gardens that once graced Indian Rocks Beach. Who remembers Tiki Gardens? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida postcard collection.
Here’s a postcard of the Florida pool built by Dick Pope at his Cypress Gardens to entice films to be produced at the Winter Have site. He specifically was looking to lasso swimming champ and film star, Esther Williams, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…