This photo is from ‘Boca Grande, Lives of an Island’ by Charles E. Blanchard. You can get your own copy of the book by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3ri88CL This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy Florida Postcards: Picking Oranges.
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…
Swampy’s #Florida Historic Photos: Cypress Gardens Water Ballet
‘Grace, speed and beauty of the aquatic ballet at Cypress Gardens challenge photographers.’ is the caption under this advertising photo for Cypress Gardens. This photo is from ‘FLORIDA The American Travel Series’ by Andrew Hepburn. You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Presidential Pullman used by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower. This postcard isn’t postmarked, so it is very difficult to figure the date of the postcard. the train car is no longer in Fort Lauderdale. Now it is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Ocean Ranch & Villas, Pompano Beach, 1963.
This was mailed in August, 1963, by Helen & Harry to John Weaner in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. According to his message the duo are taking a two week vacation and this is the spot they always stay. The hotel used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo from ‘Yesterday’s Florida – Volume 3’.
This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida, Volume 1 – Issues 1-8’. This book isn’t available right now. You can always check at another time. Books in Amazon come and go. Here’s the link for this rather large volume: https://amzn.to/3L1HLrd This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Driftwood Hotel, Vero Beach.
And it’s still around! To learn more and visit the, now named, Driftwood Resort click here: http://www.verobeachdriftwood.com/ This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . #FLorida #ORlando #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the courtroom of Judge White in the Hillsborough County court house in 1920.
Photo is from Yesterday’s St Petersburg by Hampton Dunn. You can purchase a copy of this wonderful photo book with accurate history here: https://amzn.to/32qbWCS This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards – Along Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, 1910.
This unmarked postcard show the very early days of the now far busier Ridgewood Avenue in Daytona Beach. I’d guess this postcard comes from around 1910. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……….#Florida #DaytonaBeach #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #FloridaRealEstate #Postcards[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…