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Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Fontainebleau & Eden Roc, Miami Beach.
on July 25, 2024
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This unmailed postcard shows The Fontainebleu on the left and the Eden Roc on the right. The hotels had quite a rivalry back in the ’50s and still battle it out for customers today. Both hotels were designed by Morris[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Carriage Cavalcade at Silver Springs, 1960s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday.
on July 22, 2024
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A postcard with the image of a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540-K with “huge eight cylinder supercharged engine”. According to the back of the postcard, the King of Afghanistan bought this in 1937 for $40,000. It was at one time part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1st United Methodist Church, Bradenton, 1949. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
on July 21, 2024
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Here’s the First United Methodist Church in Bradenton. The postcard is postmarked 1949 and mailed to Mrs. Ella Bates in Beloit, Wisconsin. The church is still there today. Click here to learn more about or to plan a visit.: Home[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday: Jumping at Cypress Gardens!
on July 18, 2024
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This is one of my favorite postcards. Love the action of the water skier coming off a ramp during a water ski show in Cypress Gardens. The water ski shows in Cypress Gardens were internatinally known throughout their run. Part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Hotel Windsor that once stood in Jacksonville. It was in the Heming Park area of Downtown.This postcard was mailed in 1947 from Lew to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Johnson in Flora, Illinois. Sadly this building was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard mailed in 1972 is of the east garden of the Kapok Tree Inn in Clearwater. The giant statuary holding the ferns is the ‘Three Graces’. The statue is of German origin from sometime in the 1700s. The postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of Tropical Hobbyland, that was in Dade County at the time, wasn’t mailed but would guess this is from around 1940. Tropical Hobbyland featured the Miccosukee Tribe of indians. Miccosukee women posed in handmade & colorful costumes and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This bridge was was partially wooden and shaky and scary for many.Ben Davis was a builder and wanted to get a bridge to connect Tampa to Clearwater. His work and influence was extensive in the area – Davis Island is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an image of Tampa from around 1924. The view is from Zack Street looking east towards Port of Tampa. That’s that waterway in the background. Though, it’s much wilder than the canaling that would further control it for continuing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Orange County Courthouse, Orlando, early 1900s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard.
on June 26, 2024
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Here’s the grandest of the various Orange County Courthouses that have stood in Orlando as the county seat of Orange County. This one was built in 1892. A new one went up in 1927 when the “Boom” was on and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s City Island, just east of Beach Boulevard, in Daytona Beach in the 1960s. The field opened in 1914 and Major league Baseball started playing the area in 1920 and still does today. Since this photo, the ballpark has been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…