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…
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Here’s the Hotel Windsor that once stood in Jacksonville. It was in the Heming Park area of Downtown.This postcard was mailed in 1947 from Lew to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Johnson in Flora, Illinois. Sadly this building was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A fine illustration of the Jacksonville Tampa and Key West Railway Depot at Seville from a copy of the 1880 ‘Florida! It’s Climate, Productions and Characteristics.’ You can purchase your own copy of ‘ Florida, Its Climate, Productions, and Characteristics’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the second train depot that served folks coming or going from Boynton Beach. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
While at the Pine Castle Pioneer Days this past weekend, the Jacksonville fire of 1901 crept up for one reason or other. Here’s a victim of the fire: the Windsor Hotel, as it was in 1885. The lodging house was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the pier in Jacksonville Beach in 1998.This photo is by John F. Cooper for the coffee table book of Jacksonville, ‘Jacksonville – Reflections of Excellence’ byDeborah Gianoulis and Lawrence Smith. You can purchase a copy of ‘Jacksonville – Reflections[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Hotel Seminole, Jacksonville.
This is actually a blotter in the Swampy collection. I’ve also seen it as a postcard and the blotter is the exact size of a postcard. It advertises the J.B. Pounds Hotels. The Hotel Seminole in Jacksonville was a part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looks like a different kind of stret repair than we se these days. Instead of dozens of miles of road construction this block of repair of the street car line along Main Street in Downtown Jacksonville in the 1880s. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, the oldest Baptist church in Jacksonville. This photo is from 1997. This photo is from ‘Jacksonville: Reflections of Excellence’ by Deborah Gianoulis. Click here or below to purchase a copy of this book.
Downtown Jacksonville, 1950. From ‘Yesterday in Florida – Annual Volume 1’ You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Gulf Life Insurance Beach Tickets, Jacksonville Beach
Here are tickets for what appear to be rides and games along Jacksonville Beach in 1948.