Here’s the Halcon Hotel in Downtown, Miami, in “Boom” time 1924. This structure had a French chateau look on the outside, but supposed looked far more plain on the inside. It sat on Flagler Street until 1938 when it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Congregational Church in Coral Gables. The structure is the oldest established building (1923) in Coral Gables. It was built by Coral Gables developer George Merrick in honor of his father, who was a Congregational Minister. The church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an undated postcard for the now long gone and nearly forgotten Tropical Hobbyland tourist attraction that was in Miami. The Miccosukee Tribe of indians were mostly featured with the women posing in handmade & colorful costumes and the men[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Pier #5 of the City Yacht Basin in Miami. This postcard is not postmarked, but it appears to be from around 1945. This area and the cityscape has entirely changed since this image. Please post any memories you have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Get your frog legs! at Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, 12 miles south of Miami on U.S. 1. The back of the postcards states the inn is famous for “Southern fried chicken, barbecued spare ribs. two cocktail bars. Air conditioned. Fishermen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This view from around 1967 is mostly unrecognizable from the immense concrete skyscrapers that litter the area today. This was back in the latter decades of a prosperous Downtown. Burdines was still there and many businesses were all around to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Betty’s Restaurant and Lobo Lounge, 1440 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. The back of he postcard has no postal markings but does state the restaurant was “Established 1931”. it’s long gone now. Below is a view of the location today:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Built in 1924, the Venetian Pool has been one of the highlights of George Merrick’s Coral Gables development. It was created out of a coral quarry dug out at the time during the building of the homes and other structures[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are lots of Miami Seaquarium brochures in Swampy’s collection. This one is one of the funnest! . . . . #Florida #Miami #Seaquarium #MIamiSeaquarium #Water #FloridaWater #Attractions #FloridaAttractions #Travel #Floridatravel
Here’s The Yankee Clipper hotel that opened in 1956. The postcard must be pre-1966. There is no postmark on the postcard, but it was 1966 when Sheraton bought the hotel and added their name to the place. ow called B[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1908 the car shown, The Pathfinder, was the first car to drive from Jacksonville to Miami. Here the car arrives at Henry Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel. The hotel was Miami’s first luxury hotel and included a swimming pool. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…