Here’s Downtown Lakeland along Kentucky Avenue. The view is looking north from Main Street. Munn Park is to the left outside of this image. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A postcard of the former Floridaland and it’s “Amazing porpoise shows” in the “Porpoise Pool”, as stated on the back of the postcard.Floridaland was in Osprey, near Venice. This postcard isn’t postmarked, but would figure this is from the late[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmailed postcard celebrates the Florida-based media hit of the 1960s, ‘Flipper’. There were movies, a television series, comics, books, toys, etc. of the program. The concept was created by Ricou Browning, who had also been the underwater ‘Gill-Man’ in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Esther Williams swimming pool that once was part of Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven. The postcard scene if from the Esther Williams film ‘Easy to Love’, also starring Van Johnson and Tony Martin. The postcard was mailed June[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed August 18th, 1910 from Punta Gorda to a Mrs. Snyder in Vineland, New Jersey. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Florida #Pineapples #Agriculture #FloridaAgriculture #Farm #FloridaFarm #FloridaBusiness #History #Floridahistory #Floridana #Floridalife #FloridaLifeStyle #Floridapeople #FlordiaRealEstate
Ben Novak opened the famed Fontainbleu Hotel in 1954. The opening is viewed as the start of the vast redevelopment of Miami Beach still on display today of the giant hotels that now line the beach. Soon to follow was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cape Coral Gardens opened in 1964 and closed in 1970 and featured performances like this. Also included was a dancing waters show and, of course, the gardens. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………….#Postcard #FloridaPostcard #Floridana #CapeCoral #Porpoise[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard isn’t postmarked but guess it is in the 1960s. Found a later one on Flickr that has taller trees and larger bushes out front of the entrance. Same exact angles of the images. The motel is gone and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked card appears to be from the late ’70s, when the Captain’s Table was a popular spot. The spot is gone again, though there are many places across Florida using the same name. This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed March 16th, 1912 from St. Cloud to a Mrs. George Burton of Boston, Massachusetts. The handwriting is so poor, that I can’t make out the message being sent. It’s being sent ‘with much love’ from someone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed, but the cars look around 1970. The pier still stands very differnetly. Seems it’s a game every few decades to knock down the pier area and build it again. That has happened since this image. .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s what Sulpher Springs once looked like in Tampa. It was once a separate area from Tampa. Now it has all folded into one. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………………#Tampa #SulpherSprings #Floridacity #FloridaLife #FloridaLifeStyle #History #FloridaHistory #Floridana[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…