Here’s a postcard from around 1950 of the Monument of States in Kissimmee, that is still there today along the shore of Lake Tohopekaliga. Charles Pettis conjured the idea of a statue of rocks of each state as a monument[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where this is along the Hallandale coast is anyone’s guess. Also don’t know when this postcard was produced. It’s one that could be used today or decades ago. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida colelction. . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This magnificent structure opened in 1913 as the Kibler Hotel at the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Lemon Street. Three years later the Kiblers flipped the hotel to Henry Carter, who named the hotel Thelma, after his daughter. The Hotel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Friends in Live Oak let me borrow a few postcards to share. This one wasn’t mailed but, based upon the postcard collection, would seem to be from the 1940s. . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Weeki Wachee postcard postmarked 1966 is of Weeki Wachee without the mermaids! The famous underwater theater is the white structure in the background to the left. The beach area where the ladies are sitting is now Buccaneer Bay. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The postcard as a narrative that includes general facts of Lakeland… in 1946: “Lakeland is the largest city in Polk County. Approximately one third of the citrus grown in Florida is produced in the Lakeland area. Within the city limits[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view of the beach from the road that can’t be had today. A solid wall of buildings block this view and that parking is also long gone. This postcard was mailed nearly 58 years ago, April 9th, 1964, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a view of the ‘Miracle Mile’, formally known as Coral Way in Coral Gables. The photo for the postcard was taken from the lawn of the Coral Gables City Hall. Considering some buildings and cars, the unmarked postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Green Bridge crossing north across the Manatee River sometime in the 1950s. In the foreground is the Florida Highway Patrol Station. You a patrol car in the back of the building and how it looked at the time.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Come out to Lake Eola this coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday, for the Spring Fiesta In the Park. It’s all hand made arts and crafts by artisans surrounding Lake Eola. Swampy should be out there sometime this weekend and hope[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card is from 1962 of the “New Daytona International Speeway”. The back of the card exclaims that the cost of the “finest track in the world” designed for speeds over 200 mph was over $3,000,000. Wow! Has this area[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card is postmarked from 1944. As much as I’ve learned of Zissen’s over the years, it was quite the watering hole in the Miami area. It claimed to have a longer bar than any other in 44 states. Celebrities[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…