Swampy’s #Florida #Postcards: Tiki Gardens, Indian Rocks Beach.
on August 13, 2020
at 6:10 am
This is “Kahana”, the Water God, during a Polynesian ritual at Tiki Gardens that once graced Indian Rocks Beach.
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Swampy’s #Florida #Postcard #Monday: Ringling Mansion, #Sarasota, 1940s.
on August 10, 2020
at 6:21 am
Some things never change…
(This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.)
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Canoeing Fisheating Creek, @1970
on August 3, 2020
at 2:39 pm
This unmarked postcard shows some folks taking a canoe along Fisheating Creek in Palmdale. The postcard states that this scene is near one-time-famous Gaskin Cypree Knee Museum. The museum has been gone along time now. It was once a fascinating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This one is from a big ol’ bunch of postcards connected in a postcard folder of Monkey Jungle images. As is the case for almost all of the postcard packs in the Swampy’s Flordia collection, this one was never mailed.
This advertisement for Tampa Jai-Alai is from the June 2nd, 1975 edition of the St. Petersburg Times, now the Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Jai-Alai Fronton opened on South Dale Mabry in 1945. It was a very popular place for folks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard showing the Rainbow Queen which took folks out from the park itself out along the Rainbow River to see the natural sites at Rainbow Springs State Park. You can plan a visit to Rainbow Springs by visitng[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Miami Beach at dusk!
on May 2, 2020
at 6:50 am
This is Miami Beach. To the left is the Algiers Hotel that st Between 25th and 26th street on Collins Avenue. The Algiers facade was designed, as many structures were in Miami Beach, by Morris Lapidus. The architect of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: The Hair Design Salon in Coral Gables, 1940s.
on April 13, 2020
at 6:00 am
It’s the Hair Design Studio in Coral Gables! This is where a “M. Josef”, as stated on the back of the postcard, is the “Master of the Art of Beauty” and will “Unmask the beauty that is yours”. Can’t beat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards – Daytona Beach Pier & Casino Entrance
on March 12, 2020
at 6:07 am
Here’s the old entry way to the Daytona Beach Casino in this undated postcard. As you can see there was once a far more carnival atmosphere along the beach way. There’s still evidence of that if you look at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Ads Today: Howard Johnson’s, Sarasota Journal, 1980.
on March 4, 2020
at 6:00 am
Howard Johnson’s restaurants are long gone, but the hotels live on! The restaurant buildings can be found all over the state. The orange and teal still on some. Here’s an advertisement from today, March 4th, 1980, that was in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…