Lake Placid sure has changed a lot as has the area around the Lake Placid Tower. This postcard is from around it’s beginnings in 1961. Unfortunately there is no date or postmark on the back of the postcard. Currently the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1960’s postcard of the Toussaud London Wax Museum in St. Pete Beach. Since the attraction opened in 1963 and judging by the age of the car, I’d say this is a postcard from around the time it opened.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is “Kahana”, the Water God, during a Polynesian ritual at Tiki Gardens that once graced Indian Rocks Beach. Who remembers Tiki Gardens? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida postcard collection.
Here’s a postcard of the Florida pool built by Dick Pope at his Cypress Gardens to entice films to be produced at the Winter Have site. He specifically was looking to lasso swimming champ and film star, Esther Williams, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is ‘The Dolphin Restaurant and Marine Village’. Parts of these buildings still stand.
Here a postcard of the early days of Marineland. Shown is the now gone Dolphin pool.
This postcard is of the entrance to the world famous Silver Springs. There is no date on the card and would figure this to be from around 1960. I seem to recall this picture had a back story to it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, the great days of the beautiful Cypress Gardens! Here the Southern Belle is engulfed in a sea of Margaret Bacon Bougainvillea. Intertwined is flame vine and in the foreground is scarlet sage. This photograph is from ‘The New Cypress[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since 1946 Theater of the Sea has been one of the great show places to see dolphins perform. You can visit their site and plan a visit by clicking here: http://theaterofthesea.com/ Coming tomorrow: Don’t slip on it! #NationalDolphinDay[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard appears to be from the late 1960s of Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg. You can still visit Sunken Gardens today. Click here to plan your trip to this Florida botanical wonder. Save
This unmarked postcard looks to be from around 1970. The location is the fantastic Homosassa Springs, a location to visit if you haven’t. Click here to learn more.
Lake Placid sure has changed a lot as has the area around the Lake Placid Tower. This postcard is from around it’s beginnings in 1961. Unfortunately there is no date or postmark on the back of the postcard. Currently the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…