Here’s the flagship of the Henry Flagler boat line, the S.S. Miami. The boat would dock around Biscayne Bay. This was mailed December 19th, 1903. This is one of a collection of cards sent by a name I have trouble[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lake Estelle, at the northern-most city limits of the City of Orlando, was a popular spot for getting all wet. I have and have had friends who frequented the lake for all kinds of shenanigans before and around this time.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a long gone view of Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. Condos are strewn across the land on the left (east) side of the road. Rebuilding on the right (west) side of Biscayne. The postcard wasn’t mailed, but I’d guesstimate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an image of a postcard mailed out by the folks above, The Hoezees. The back of the card has a logo of ‘Baptist Missions to the Incarcerated’. Nosing digitally only found mention in a site, titled, GuideStar Profile.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The Singing Tower from the North” is the title on the back of this unmailed postcard. There are a zillion of postcards wit the tower in it, but not many with flamingos. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard, on the mail side is labelled: ‘Home of the “Gator.” Ocklawaha River, Fla.’ The description continues, ‘The tourists on the Hart Line steamers [steamboat] watch for the “gator” in his native home, every now and then the cry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed and states on the back the attraction to this bridge that is still there today: Fishing. “Fishermen line the bridge over the Myakka River at El Jobean, Fla., in this view taken from the embankment nearby.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Anna Maria City Pier has lasted the storms of time since it’s opening in 2012. Almost. Hurricanes at different points have knocked out the pier only for it to reopen. Hurricane Irma did the biggest damage in 2017 and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the constant errors I find written of Florida is that the rural, undeveloped Florida disappeared after 1900. Serious development didn’t really occur until the late 19-teens. There were a few cities that had established a few blocks of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Congregational Church in Coral Gables. The structure is the oldest established building (1923) in Coral Gables. It was built by Coral Gables developer George Merrick in honor of his father, who was a Congregational Minister. The church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a view of the springs area of Juniper Springs in 1959. The postcard has a DeLAnd postmark from December 15th, 1959. The postcard was mailed to Mrs. Madeline Beatty in Santa Barbara, California. The mailers are Ollie, Jim and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t recall this forest of royal palms being still a part of McKee Gardens. A check of a Google aerial doesn’t show any combination of palms this dense. Hurricanes and time likely brought most of these down. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…