This is a 1970’s postcard of Gatorland’s boardwalk trail in a swamp on the south side of the property. The boardwalk trail is still there today. (This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.)
Here’s a Silver Springs postcard from sometime in the 1970s when the American Broadcasting Company owned the amusement and natural attraction. “Quiet, elctrically-propelled glass bottom boats” is stated on the back of the card. Also, “Florida’s Silver Springs, with it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This appears to be Hogan’s Creek looking south into Downtown. This would’ve been 9 years after the fire that destroyed much of Downtown. The creek is still roaming northerly and southerly through the city. It feeds into the St[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To further celebrate Thank a Mailman Day, here’s a Florida book to read! Theodore Pratt wrote many books with Florida as a setting. With out a doubt the best of these was ‘The Barefoot Mailman’. The book chronicles a fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card looks to be from around 1970 of Homosassa Springs. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #History #FloridaHistory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Notice the horse and buggy on the beach. Would that be allowed today? 🙂 This is a postcard that was hand painted to add color. With no postmark, would have to date this in the early 1900s. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card of the St. Johns River is part of a set that is unmarked but identified as coming from the 1880s. We’ve been featuring this set in the past few weeks. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an 1880s postcard of a steamship along the Ocklawaha River in Marion County. The person this was bought from is the one who tagged this and more in a set as being from the 1880s. There isn’t a postmark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now here’s how to get through traffic jams! This undated postcard seems to be from around 1900. Oddly, in the corner is a variation of our Florida seal with the words below it: ‘In God We Trust’. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another charter boat successful run and a bountiful catch of fish for those that took the trip into the Florida Straites in 1957. These charter boats are available all over Florida. These are especially numerous along the Florida Keys. charters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the sharks were away at the time. Ocean Beach has gotten lost in the muddle of development along the coast of Dade County. The island is now a managed developed area and primarily all private. The island is here:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Swampy’s Florida view of trails in Alachua County’s Longleaf Flatwoods P reserve. You can visit the place yourself by planning a trip from the information here: https://www.sjrwmd.com/lands/recreati…