It the Citrus Tower in Clermont! Now the view is of a sea of roofs but the tower is still there, plus the gift shop and the Hall of Presidents. It’s been more recently further updated with much more to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed from Lake Wales in 1936 to Mrs. Willian Detrich in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. The note on the back is to “mama” and states that the image above “is the way they look when we pass[ed].” This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed from Sebring in 1955 to George W. Hardy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It’s signed “Dad”, so it appears the postcard was mailed to his son, George. Apparently George’s mother had a bad headache and went to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2 miles north of Orlando, at the time, sat this structure. I’ve been told it was taken down sometime in the ’60s. I believe it was somewhere around where the current intersection of 441 and Lee Road is. What a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TV host Mike Douglas rolls up in a orange draped vehicle to Cypress Gardens in 1968. This is from ‘Cypress Gardens’ by Lu Vickers. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3bQAS8J This book is part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s that time of year! Orange harvesting! Here’s an undated postcard from the Swampy collection of the more modern way of herding oranges. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad with a cute rhyme for Hollieanna Sales Room on 17-92 in Maitland. Guess what? They are STILL there! Now awash in other commercial development, Hollieanna Groves is the last of what used to be dozens of citrus[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…