This car is making it’s way, 1920s style, along a dirt road to Panama City. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’.You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.:https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R……..#Florida #Transportation #Roads #FloridaTransportation #Floridaliving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Clearwater Beach, 1959.
This postcard of Clearwater Beach was mailed December 31, 1959 by Ada to Paul Fummer in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Ada writes that she saw strawberries, cane sugar, cattle and “nice black soil”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.[…]↓ 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…
This 1964 postmarked card was sent by Dot to Bob Veeholeffer in Niagara Falls, N.Y. She wrote that she was “doing the night spots” and how “it sure is the life”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Along Daytona Beach in the early 1900s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Notice the horse and buggy on the beach. Would that be allowed today? 🙂 This is a postcard that was hand painted to add color. With no postmark, would have to date this in the early 1900s. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Looks Like Spring Break 1975 in Fort Lauderdale!
Somebody named Betty mailed this to Missouri in 1975 informing Ed not to be worried about the “lite bill”, she’ll take care of it when she gets home. In the meantime, it looks like she was enjoying Fort Lauderdale Beach[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bathing in Daytona Beach, 1930s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards. Folks getting soaked in Volusia County. Their cars, too! The back of this unmarked postcard states- “One may drive for 23 miles along this strip of sand which at low tide[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s December 1925 and the economy was humming along and the Florida land boom was in full force. Dancing was very much in vogue. Here is a dance class run by Mrs. Armour on Indian Rocks Beach. According to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an odd place for a police line up…oh…wait..appears these are members of the Indian Rocks Beach Chamber of Commerce. This photo is from ‘Indian Rocks – As It Was’ by the Indian Rocks Beach Historical Society. You can purchase[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard Saturday: Fontainebleau & Eden Roc, Miami Beach.
This unmailed postcard shows The Fontainebleu on the left and the Eden Roc on the right. The hotels had quite a rivalry back in the ’50s and still battle it out for customers today. Both hotels were designed by Morris[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A talk with Michelle Quigley with the Delray Beach Historical Society about the 3 building museum. Here’s where they are so you can visit them soon: Delray Beach Historical Society 5 NE 1st St, Delray Beach, FL 33444 (561) 274[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Martha Ross, from New Smyrna Beach, has been an active part of the Swampy’s Florida Facebook page, but I had never met her until the Marion County Springs Festival this weekend. She’s a big Swampy fan and here she is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…