Hats off to ’51! Sounds like this was a heck of a great party! Look at what $5 got you! This advertisement for the Dolphin Restaurant is from the December 29th, 1950, edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. #Sarasota #NewYear #NewYears[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Almost 24 hours ago was travelling to Hudson, just outside New Port Richey, and came across this light display. A ‘Merry Christmas’ in lights. More than that! A ‘Merry Christmas’ in cursive!!! Wonder how many can’t read it. Sorry about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Al Bruchez opened Chez Bruchez with it’s French cuisine in 1956 on Seabreeze Boulevard. In it’s place today is Anna’s Trattoria Italian Cuisine. Chez Bruchez closed in the 1980s. Here’s what Chez Brunchez looks like today: This postcard is part[…]↓ 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…
Swampy finds a swamp of alligators and other critters, of the chocolate variety, at Mr. Dunderbak’ in the Volusia Mall in Daytona Beach. He chocolate critters are by the Bar Chicolat company out of Germany. This is the last Mr.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This area has some of the same armature, but is otherwise unrecognizable to this 1953 postcard. The postcard was mailed September 2nd, 1953, to Miss Winifred Burke, 2524 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From ‘Where the Fair Wind Blows’ by Bill Robinson, 1963. A literal journey of the yachting treks through the open sea ways from Florida down into the Caribbean. This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
This is the first band to raise the roof in Fort Myers in 1887. Mr and Mrs Thomas Edison had been amongst so many around Fort Myers that were played to by this brass band. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . #Postcards #Florida #FloridaPOstcards #Clearwater #ClearwaterFlorida
Here’s a postcard of the Bradenton Cabana Motor Hotel. The postcard appears to be from the 1960s. Love the roof of the smaller structure! There have been some big changes to the property. The roof of all the structures. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from a great story over at the Tampa Tribune site about the current depot in Plant City back in 2014. Sadly, that story is no longer available. The depot is a happening place these days! October 9th[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…