Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 1940s.
on October 23, 2023
at 6:25 am
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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Swampy’s Florida Postcards: New River, Fort Lauderdale, 1950
on October 19, 2023
at 6:16 am
This postcard of the New River is part of a Fort Lauderdale souvenir folder. Those were usually made up of images already available as individual postcards. This one has a 1950 copyright stated. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Kennedy Space Center, 1970
on October 16, 2023
at 6:01 am
This postcard of the John F. Kennedy Space Center is postmarked June 30, 1970. It was sent by Donna to her father, Paul Reese, in Feltonville, Ohio. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……….#NASA #Space #Spacetravel #capeCanaveral #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Clearwater Beach, 1959.
on October 12, 2023
at 6:17 am
This postcard of Clearwater Beach was mailed December 31, 1959 by Ada to Paul Fummer in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Ada writes that she saw strawberries, cane sugar, cattle and “nice black soil”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard showing the main entrance of the Orlando Air Force Base off Bennett Road. This entire base is gone as well as all of the entrances that looked like this throughout Florida. The only nod to the base[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard : The Manatee, a Bee Line Ferry off Pinellas Point
on September 28, 2023
at 6:00 am
Here’s the ferry, ‘The Manatee’ sailing off from Pinellas Point. This was how, those horseless carriages, got across the Florida waters before hte push for roads and bridges. Many of us wish the return of the ferry instead of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard : Holmes Beach Pete Reynard’s Yacht Club Restaurant, Holmes Beach, 1950s.
on September 24, 2023
at 5:49 am
Pete Reynard’s Yacht Restaurant was part of a larger development described in a story from the Bradenton Herald: “According to a historical account compiled by the Manatee County Historical Society, town founder Jack Holmes built a supper club-style restaurant on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Meiner’s Pit Bar B Q Restaurant, Orlando, @1970.
on September 18, 2023
at 6:03 am
Sam Meiner set up quite a bar b q business in the 1960s through the early ’80s. The business expanded into catering. The restaurant business ended and this building was demolished. The catering was sold to Tim Webber catering which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Florida Postcards: Picking Oranges.
on September 14, 2023
at 6:00 am
This postcard was mailed from Lake Wales in 1936 to Mrs. Willian Detrich in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. The note on the back is to “mama” and states that the image above “is the way they look when we pass[ed].” This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Ocean Ranch & Villas, Pompano Beach, 1963.
on September 7, 2023
at 6:00 am
This was mailed in August, 1963, by Helen & Harry to John Weaner in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. According to his message the duo are taking a two week vacation and this is the spot they always stay. The hotel used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Colonial Plaza Mall, Orlando, 1965.
on September 4, 2023
at 6:00 am
It’s the “new Million Dollar Air Conditioned Shopping Mall. The largest in the South.”, Colonial Plaza in Orlando. The mall was mostly demolished almost 20 years ago to make way for the current wave of outdoor malls. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Cape Coral Gardens
on September 2, 2023
at 6:00 am
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…