Now here’s how to get through traffic jams! This undated postcard seems to be from around 1900. Oddly, in the corner is a variation of our Florida seal with the words below it: ‘In God We Trust’. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad that connected Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. The train was nick named the “Tug and grunt”. This photo is from 1914, which is the same year the train became part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To go along with the portable phone below is this early version of the sport utility vehicle with full mule power in Martin County. This photo is from ‘History of Martin County’ by Janet Hutchinson. You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anyone taking a bus this morning? This is a photo of the bus taking folks to the Qui-Si-Sana Hotel in Green Cove Springs in the early 1900s. The photo is from ‘Parade of Memories – A History of Clay County,[…]↓ 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…