This rounded corner postcard is of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad’s coach and pullman streamliner. The card is not postmarked, but I would guess around 1970. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………….#Florida #Trains #Transportation #RR #Railroad #FloridaTransportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s Florida Postcard: Pool at the Casino, Lake Worth, 1930s.
This undated postcard shows the pool at the Casino that once stood in Lake Worth. The Casino was not like casinos we know today. It was essentially a recreation building for the community. This building was demolished and recently the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 1940s.
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Today it’s easy to roar down US27 in Glades County and not even realize you went by the tiny community of Palmdale. This photo is of the train that makes a stop at the Palmdale depot to drop off parcels[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva thought she’d play Air Traffic Control to control the mosquito air space. The mosquitoes have other ideas. You can learn more about International Day of the Air Traffic Controller here: https://www.icao.int/secretariat/PostalHistory/ifatca_international_federation_of_air_traffic_controllers_associations.htm …………#InternationalDayoftheAirTrafficController #Celebration #Daily #Dailyart #Dailycartoon #cartoon #Happy #AirTrafficControl[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the repair crew for boats coming into the Pensacola docks in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads from today, 1971: ‘Mr. Steak’, Sarasota, with oddly worded ad.
This advertisement has some very odd wording. Not sure what “Family Place” would have “Best Girl Friend”s to look for. There was an even odder worded ad that I can’t show here. At the time the wording for that ad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Kennedy Space Center, 1970
This postcard of the John F. Kennedy Space Center is postmarked June 30, 1970. It was sent by Donna to her father, Paul Reese, in Feltonville, Ohio. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……….#NASA #Space #Spacetravel #capeCanaveral #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby is no longer grouchy. You can learn more about World Food Day by clicking here: http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/ . . . . . #WorldFoodDay #Food #celebrate #Celebration #Happy #Celebrate #Celebration #DailyCartoon #Daily #Cartoon #Eat #Florida Save
Here’s the War Price & Ration Board in Sarasota in the 1940s. This photo is from ‘Sarasota: A Sentimental Journey’ by Jeff LaHurd. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/2G398CA This book is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This theater card is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
1880s in the business district on the main street, Wire Street, in Fort Meade. This photo is from ‘In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County, Florida, to 1940.’ You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…