Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad is from a copy of ‘This Week’ from November 8th, 1953. ‘This Week’ was an advertising circular for many, many years around Broward County. If you have any memories of this ‘This Week’, the Port-O-Cal Motel or Fort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This matchbook is for the Flamingo Court Motel. It once stood right beside the Orlando Motor Lodge, the matchbook of which was featured last week. Both hotels were demolished to have another medical office building built in the area.
Next week is a matchbook from the hotel right next door to the Motor Lodge. Next door to the hotel was the White Turkey Restaurant owned by Champ Williams. This was also the hotel with the tall diving board that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t know when this matchbook was around, but the motel is. Click here for more information of this motel in Port St. Joe.
Love the Palm Aire signage! This motel is along 34th Street north in St Petersburg. Here’s their contact only website: http://palmairemotel.com
Here’s a postcard on ice! There’s no postmark on the back, but would guess this is from around 1960.
This advertisement is from February 3rd, 1982 in the Miami News. Has anyone here seen a show at the Diplomat? Please leave any memories below!
Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is actually a blotter in the Swampy collection. I’ve also seen it as a postcard and the blotter is the exact size of a postcard. It advertises the J.B. Pounds Hotels. The Hotel Seminole in Jacksonville was a part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of The Venetian in the Sheraton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale was mailed 45 years ago today. Charlotte mailed it from Fort Lauderdale to Louise Stoddard in Chatham, New Jersey.
