Mailed February 25th, 1952, from a couple whose last name I can’t read. They mailed it to Mrs. and Rev. William George in Columbus, Ohio. The couple write that the temperatures are “not to cold and not to hot.’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Plaza Hotel along the Indian River in Brevard County, near Cocoa around 1900. This was a showplace of hotels and the greatest hotel of it’s type in the area in the late 1800s. Often compared to it’s Flagler[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
8 months after starting construction of the Coral Gables Biltmore it was finished in 1926. Builder George Merrick was in a hurry. He was also about to go broke. It was years later before The Biltmore would be purchased and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard, labeled ‘The Bathing Beach’. In the background is the original Breakers building prior to the fire of 1926. The new Breakers building was rebuilt in a very different style of the Renaissance palace, Villa Medici. The message[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an actual shoe mitt to help wipe the sand and dust from your shoes after strolling the palatial layout known as The Breakers. I figure this is from the 1940s. I’m gonna try to alternate between brochures, flyers and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is my favorite name for a motel/hotel/etc. in our state! Right on A1A in the heart of the beach tourists! Now, it would appear this name is due to a general dislike of the Northerner. However, it’s important to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are the Garden Apartments that once was along US1 in Fort Lauderdale. “Perfect one room homes”. “Opposite the Chamber of Commerce”. The postcard is from Viola and sent from Hollywood, November 25th, 1952. The postcard was sent to Mrs.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard on ice! There’s no postmark on the back, but would have to be 1964 or not much after. It was in 1964 that the new Sheraton hotel opened along the Fort Lauderdale Beach. The hotel included the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Great Resorts of North America‘ by Andrew Hepburn. You can get your copy of this 1965 book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3cK41nS This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a brochure for the former Howard Johnson’s that used to stand in Pompano Beach at the corner of Atlantic Blvd. and Pompano Beach Blvd. The rate card that is with the brochure is dated 1981. The building is gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No date on the flyer, but this seems to be the early 1950s. This advertisement is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Here is a postcard of the lobby of The Diplomat Golf and Racquet Club in Hollywood-by-the-Sea. The back of the card states,’The warm, casual lobby welcomes you to teh perfect lodge for sportsmen.’ The postcard was mailed October 13th, 1970[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…