This is a long gone view of Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. Condos are strewn across the land on the left (east) side of the road. Rebuilding on the right (west) side of Biscayne. The postcard wasn’t mailed, but I’d guesstimate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The Singing Tower from the North” is the title on the back of this unmailed postcard. There are a zillion of postcards wit the tower in it, but not many with flamingos. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard, on the mail side is labelled: ‘Home of the “Gator.” Ocklawaha River, Fla.’ The description continues, ‘The tourists on the Hart Line steamers [steamboat] watch for the “gator” in his native home, every now and then the cry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed and states on the back the attraction to this bridge that is still there today: Fishing. “Fishermen line the bridge over the Myakka River at El Jobean, Fla., in this view taken from the embankment nearby.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Anna Maria City Pier has lasted the storms of time since it’s opening in 2012. Almost. Hurricanes at different points have knocked out the pier only for it to reopen. Hurricane Irma did the biggest damage in 2017 and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the constant errors I find written of Florida is that the rural, undeveloped Florida disappeared after 1900. Serious development didn’t really occur until the late 19-teens. There were a few cities that had established a few blocks of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Congregational Church in Coral Gables. The structure is the oldest established building (1923) in Coral Gables. It was built by Coral Gables developer George Merrick in honor of his father, who was a Congregational Minister. The church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a view of the springs area of Juniper Springs in 1959. The postcard has a DeLAnd postmark from December 15th, 1959. The postcard was mailed to Mrs. Madeline Beatty in Santa Barbara, California. The mailers are Ollie, Jim and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t recall this forest of royal palms being still a part of McKee Gardens. A check of a Google aerial doesn’t show any combination of palms this dense. Hurricanes and time likely brought most of these down. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is of the entrance to the world famous Silver Springs. There is no date on the card and would figure this to be from around 1960. I seem to recall this picture had a back story to it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an interesting view of Beach Street in Daytona Beach around 1919, as the postcard is marked in the back. That triangular area is still there (it’s where that police dog is buried) and so are a number of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an undated postcard for the now long gone and nearly forgotten Tropical Hobbyland tourist attraction that was in Miami. The Miccosukee Tribe of indians were mostly featured with the women posing in handmade & colorful costumes and the men[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…