It’s the Alden Hotel in 1981 built in 1936 at 2925 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach. The hotel had been open and operating and could be found here: aldenMiamibeach.com . Last october the hotel sold and was still open for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2 miles north of Orlando, at the time, sat this structure. I’ve been told it was taken down sometime in the ’60s. I believe it was somewhere around where the current intersection of 441 and Lee Road is. What a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lakeland is full of cool signs. We took this photo about 15 years ago. The ‘Eat-A-Bite’ was a local diner mostly frequented by Publix employees from the vast corporate offices all around it. It was Publix that demolished the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome to Florida! Love this undated postcard that must be from around 1960. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The train depot that once stood in Maitland. I originally posted this in 2012 and didn’t note then the source of this photograph. With 10,000+ books in the Swampy’s Florida library, no telling what book this is from. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the 1880s showcasing Jacksonville’s grandest places to stay at the time. Included is the Everett House and the Carleton House and a view of Bay Street with the St. Johns River beyond it. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Methodist Church in St. Cloud gets built in 1909 at the corner of 10th Street and Ohio Avenue. this is the back of the church. Posing is the volunteer construction crew. Behind them is a tent used by the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked post card seems to be from around 1930. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . #Florida #JacksonvilleFlorida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #Jacksonville #FloridaFun #History #FloridaHistory #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle #RealFlorida #PostOffice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I In the foreground is the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Downtown Tampa. The cars may have changed, but the buildings today are generally the same as when this photo was taken some 60+ years ago. This postcard doesn’t have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now here’s a deal! The building illustrated still exists in Winter Park on Park Avenue. This ad is from an Orlando – Winter Park Attraction Guide from 1962. The guide is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. By the way,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1948 postmarked postcard of the Johnson Terrace that was, at one time, in Downtown Jacksonville. Arnold Norman sent the card from Jacksonville to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Norman wrote to “Toots” that he had been swimming “in the Gulf of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an undated postcard of the Clearwater Federal Savings building, 1180 Jasper Street, in Largo. This is among the many, many, many independent banks now gobbled up by the international banking system. Just by seeing the current view of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…