This undated postcard gives no more information as to where this is in our state. If you know where this building is or if this is your house, let us know below in the comments section. This postcard is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from Floridians at Work: Yesterday and Today’ by Margaret G. Wilson, page 77. You can purchase a copy of the book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3g6a8Vy This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
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…
Get your frog legs! at Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, 12 miles south of Miami on U.S. 1. The back of the postcards states the inn is famous for “Southern fried chicken, barbecued spare ribs. two cocktail bars. Air conditioned. Fishermen[…]↓ 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…
Above is a view of the Sears built at 2010 E. Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. I saw it on the Vintage Roadside Facebook page. I knew where the location was and that the Fun-Lan Drive-in Theater was next door and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a popular spot for postcard settings. There are a number taken from this spot looking north on North Orange Avenue from Church Street. That’s Woolworth on the right corner. To the left is the First National Bank of[…]↓ 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…
This area has built up a bit since 130-odd years ago.. This photo is from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’, page 68. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R This book is part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Hotel Floridan that used to stand on the corner of Forsyth Street and Clay Street in Downtown Jacksonville. The back of the postcard advertises that the building is 100% fireproof, Beauty-rest matresses, coffee shop, cocktail lounge, beauty salon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This only a portion of the full photograph of the “Louisville and Nashville Railway station.” in Pensacola in 1910 that can be seen on the incredible Shorp.com website. At the site you can actually see the fine detail of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Franklin Street in Tampa in 1926. Prominent is the Tampa Theatre, which still thrives today! This photo is from The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 23, page 211. You can purchase a copy for yourself by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…