Here’s a postcard that has no postmark. It’s labeled on the back: ‘View from wharf with skyline of Tampa, Florida in the background’. The skyline looks like the postcard might be from around 1980. What do you all think? […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s Postcard Saturday: Ballast Point, Tampa, 1906.
This postcard postmarked October 1906 shows again one of the magnificent structures that used to grace our great state. Unfortunately this structure is long gone from Ballast Point. In it’s place is a simple long pier and bait shop. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s teh still surviving El Rancho Hotel Court, now more referred to as a motel. I seem to recall the sign being around in the early ’80s. Don’t know when the sign came down, but would guess it was during[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the Platt Street Bridge is a view of Downtown Tampa. Below the bridge is the Hillsborough River. Practically everything in view here is gone now. There is no date on this postcard, but guesstimating from the structures that this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: 95ynf Tag, Tampa, 1986.
Above is the back cover of ‘Music’ magazine, Tampa Bay edition, published in May 1986. It’d be tough to pull off a radio promo like that these days. Below is the front cover with jazz artist chick Corea. In today’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads – The First National Bank of Tampa Coloring Book
Here’s the cover of a coloring book celebrating The First National Bank of Tampa, ‘The Tallest Building in Florida”. Below is the back cover. Below that are a couple inside pages. There is no date on the publication, but I’d[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook: Rubin’s Restaurant, Tampa
Here’s a matchbook from Rubin’s Restaurant in Tampa. The artwork would indicate this is from the early 1930s. A check of the address reveals that the location of the restaurant is now a parking lot.