This brochure of the King Arthur Inn, that was in Tampa, actually has a fold out cover. After you open the flaps in the front you see the interior below. Below that is the flip side. The hotel is now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Here’s The Patio Grill in The Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Jacksonville. The postcard was written on and with a stamp, but the postmark was made on the edge of the card. So no date of the card can be seen.[…]↓ 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.
The San Carlos Hotel (also know as ‘The Gray Lady of Palafox’, in that the structure sat on Palafox Street) opened in 1910 and thrived for many decades. As with many multi-story hotels of the later 1800s & early 1900s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a small brochure advertising the Naples Beach Hotel. Ah, the old American Plan! The hotel opened in 1948 and I would say this brochure came out with in a few years of it’s opening. It’s still around, too! Click[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Riviera was a grand hotel along the Halifax River in Volusia County for many years. It still stands, without the large letters on top, as a retirement home. There are a number of changes, such a as a large[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we see fun and frolic at the Patio Grill in the Hotel Roosevelt in Jacksonville. The back of the card notes that the Grill is air-conditioned and there are 3 shows each evening. Oh, and no cover charge! There[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s another undated postcard, this one of a distant view of the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg.
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…
Here’s an interesting matchbook of the Coral Gables Biltmore that clearly labels it the “Miami Biltmore”. From the style and the images on the matchbook, I’d guess this to be from the 1940s.
Here’s a key to the Mount Vernn Hotel in Winter Park. Not sure when this was from in that they were using keys in the ’90s. However, would guess this is from the ’70s. There were a number of Mount[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…