Swimming fun at The Sea Gull along Miami Beach. The postcard isn’t post marked, but I’d say this is sometime in the early ’60s. The Sea Gull is still there! The Sea Gull is still there! However, it is caught[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jackie Gleason and his new home in Miami Beach in 1964: the Miami Civic Auditorium, later renamed The Jackie Gleason Theater. From ‘How Sweet It Is – The Jackie Gleason Story’ by James Bacon. Click here if you would like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As promised from last week, here is a matchbook of the Miami Beach Auditorium that staged The Jackie Gleason Show so many years ago. Below is the back of the matchbook. Below is the whole matchbook.
It’s the Hotel Continental that once stood at the corner of Collins Avenue and 40th Street featured on this unmarked postcard.
From Miami Beach, it’s Jean’s Candy Shoppe. Don’t know anything about Jean’s so please feel free to leave a note if you do. Jean sure had an outstanding book of matches. I’d guess this is from the 1940s. Sorry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…