This postcard didn’t have a postmark, but is likely from around 1970.The Citrus Tower is still there and you can plan a visit by visiting their website:https://citrustower.com They are located here:141 S. Hwy 27, Clermont, 34711Here’s their telephone number:(352) 394-4061[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. #Florida #FloridaPostcard #Postcard #Collectibles #Horseshoes #FloridaSports #History #FloridaHistory
Below is the front and back of the matchbook. The backside has a list of boxing champions. Digging into this location, I can’t find when this closed, but it did. Currently it’s shuttered and looks like this: This matchbook,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard appears to be the nineteen teens or so. There is no postmark, so it’s speculating based on the structures and vehicles in the image. Pretty sure this is Forsyth Street looking easterly from Hogan Street. See the Google[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed, so it’s unclear when this postcard came about. Someone with a great understanding of Tampa history would know better. Please leave any thoughts below. This postcard is partof the Swampy’s Florida collection. #Tampa #FloridaEvent #Gasparilla #Collectible[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since this postcard, the First Baptist Church in St. Petersburg has moved. The nearby Episcopal church bought the property in 1990. In 1994 the building the designated as a local historic landmark. Eventually the bulk of the building was demolished[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember when department store fashion ads were all drawings? This advertisement if from the February 16th 1973 edition of the Daytona Beach News-Journal….#FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #Business #FloridaBusiness #Iveys #Store #FloridaStore
Found this amongst the cartoons on the comics pages of the Sarasota Journal: Alvin & Bert. This used to be a common sight in the comics section a long time ago. Kept many a cartoonist busy across the U.S. These[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard for the St. Joseph Mission Church in Zephyrhills.The church is now St. Joseph Catholic Church and you can see what it looks like and where it is below. Click here to learn more or plan a trip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
The back of the postcard states: “… a view of the south end of the beach showing some of the beautiful motels and hotels on the West Coast.” Now the card would feature a wall of condos and huge hotels.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the First Methodist Church of Lakeland as it was for a few decades. Recently massive construction is producing a whole new structure on the property. The postcard is not postmarked. Reading the history of the church on their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…