It’s that time of year! Orange harvesting! Here’s an undated postcard from the Swampy collection of the more modern way of herding oranges. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card looks to be from around 1970 of Homosassa Springs. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #History #FloridaHistory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swimming fun at The Sea Gull along Miami Beach. The postcard isn’t post marked, but I’d say this is sometime in the early ’60s. The Sea Gull is still there! The Sea Gull is still there! However, it is caught[…]↓ 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…
It the Columbus Hotel in Miami! The structure was started during the 1920s boom and then financial troubles set in. Movie mogul Steven Lynch stepped in with creative financial leverage and took over and finished the building. The hotel closed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Notice the horse and buggy on the beach. Would that be allowed today? 🙂 This is a postcard that was hand painted to add color. With no postmark, would have to date this in the early 1900s. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where can you buy towels by the pound these days? The info on the back says it was on US 19, 4 miles north of Clearwater. There’s only a P.O. Box given in Dunedin. I’m not sure if this would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an 1880s postcard of a steamship along the Ocklawaha River in Marion County. The person this was bought from is the one who tagged this and more in a set as being from the 1880s. There isn’t a postmark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite the thousands of postcards in the Swampy’s Florida collection, Christmas postcards are few. So, a sweep online found this Yuletide piece!
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…
From the Platt Street Bridge is a view of Downtown Tampa. Below the bridge is the Hillsborough River. Practically everything in view here is gone now. There is no date on this postcard, but guesstimating from the structures that this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The dog track opened in 1933 in Sulphur Springs, an area that was becoming it’s own city. As time went on the City of Tampa took over and the dog track continued. It wasn’t until the greyhound racing ban that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…