This postcard of the boardwalk, originally called the broadwalk, doesn’t have a postmark, so unsure of the year. Would guess around 1950. Please leave any of your thoughts or memories of the boardwalk below! This postcard, along with most all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of Clearwater Beach is not postmarked, though it appears to me to be from about the late 1960s. What do you all think? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . #POstcards[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rudy mailed this postcard from Orlando September 12th, 1958 to “Ma”. Rudy writes a familiar feeling I find in many postcards from visitors: “Everything is fine out here except there’s no place like home with your family”. He writes he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s great to be in Delray Beach, Fla.” postcard was sent from West Palm Beach, March 12th, 1955. S. Wilchmann sent the card to Mr. & Mrs. Carl Vancelord in Pluckemin, New Jersey. The writer writes that it has been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Part of the bird show at Weeki Wachee back in the 1970s. The bird show was shutdown after the State of Florida took over in 2008. There is still lots to see at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. Plan a[…]↓ 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…
Here’s a card of the Upper Tomoka River in Volusia County. There’s no date on the back, but I would suspect the 1920s. Notice the canoe and the occupants on the middle left side. This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #Postcards #Postcards #FloridaBusiness #Business #SilverSprings #SilverSpringsFlorida #Hsitory #FloridaHistory
This view from around 1967 is mostly unrecognizable from the immense concrete skyscrapers that litter the area today. This was back in the latter decades of a prosperous Downtown. Burdines was still there and many businesses were all around to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is of Central Avenue in St. Petersburg around 1958. This postcard was mailed October 17th, 1958 from St. Petersburg to Mr. & Mrs. Dillon, New Haven, Connecticut. This, as with most all seen in this website, are part[…]↓ 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 postcard isn’t postmarked, but this scene is still repeated today at the Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach. Today the place has a new name, Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park. Click here to learn more and plan a trip to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…