A view from the Downtown Circle in Sebring. I’m just not sure which direction. East, i believe. These buildings are generally the same today, though the population and businesses have greatly changed since this image was taken some 60+ years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s #Florida #Postcard: Everglades Club, Palm Beach, 1920s.
Though this postcard wasn’t mailed, there is a long message in the back that is very tough to read. Something about “looking over Lake Worth” and ending the winter in the area. There’s also something about going out and watching[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Way back when, Florida Power and Light Company delivered ice. In 1927, here is how it was delivered! This photo is from Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 1, Issues 1-8. You can purchase this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4aLeTit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard: Feeding the birds along Lake Eola, Orlando.
This unmarked postcard shows a scene that could easily be repeated today: Feeding the many birds that thrive near and around Lake Eola in Orlando. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………….#FloridaPark #OrlandoPark #FloridaLake #FloridaBirds #Florida #Orlando #Aviary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s January 29th, 1912 and the Jacksonville waterfront along the St. Johns River sees a paddle boat make it’s way into port. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’.You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Friday Train Stops: The Florida Fruit Express, 1919.
It’s the ‘Florida Fruit Express” making it’s way through the orange groves. This postcard is postmarked December 5th, 1919. It was sent to Mrs. Thomas Matthews in Montgomery, Alabama. The handwriting is very difficult to make out by the sender.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard appears to be from around 1960. Would you agree? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #History #FloridaHistory #FloridaLiving #FloridaLife #Floridatourism #Travel #Floridatravel #Tourism
Walter Powell, daughter and friend at Smith’s Stemper Store in Land O’Lakes in the 1920s. This photo is from Elizabeth & Susan MacManus’ ‘Going, Going…Almost Gone’, 2012. Author MacManus points out that folks then, as now, would get baby critters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This 1951 postmarked postcard is of the former Solarium that once was one the east side of Lake Estelle in Orlando. Folks would swim and have a beach-like area to go to inland. I’ve heard many stories about the fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lots no longer with us since this advertisement for a special pull-out section of the Miami News. First gone is the Miami News. The News, a little over a year later, in 1966, started merging with the Miami Herald and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the tram car rolling along Lincoln Road in Miami beach, 1972. This postmarked postcard was mailed to Louise Castanzo in Atlantic City, N.J. It’s a bit hard to read, but it seems the card is from William Saxon. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back when Downtowns were downtowns.NONE of this exists anymore as seen here. This was once a thriving community. Today the area is cluttered with typical municipal government ‘traffic calmers’. That is medians down the center of the road with trees[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…