Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 1940s.
on October 23, 2023
at 6:25 am
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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Today it’s easy to roar down US27 in Glades County and not even realize you went by the tiny community of Palmdale. This photo is of the train that makes a stop at the Palmdale depot to drop off parcels and mail in 1921.
Photo from ‘Florida Railroads in the 1920s’ by Gregg Turner.
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Swampy’s Florida Postcards: New River, Fort Lauderdale, 1950
on October 19, 2023
at 6:16 am
This postcard of the New River is part of a Fort Lauderdale souvenir folder. Those were usually made up of images already available as individual postcards. This one has a 1950 copyright stated.
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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#Florida #FortLauderdale #Boats #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles
Here is the repair crew for boats coming into the Pensacola docks in the early 1900s.
This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.
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Swampy’s Florida Ads from today, 1971: ‘Mr. Steak’, Sarasota, with oddly worded ad.
on October 16, 2023
at 6:02 am
This advertisement has some very odd wording. Not sure what “Family Place” would have “Best Girl Friend”s to look for. There was an even odder worded ad that I can’t show here. At the time the wording for that ad was quite innocent. Today that same advertisement would seem obscene. How times have changed.
This advertisement appeared in the Sarasota Journal, October 20th, 1971 edition.
