This Weeki Wachee postcard postmarked 1966 is of Weeki Wachee without the mermaids! The famous underwater theater is the white structure in the background to the left. The beach area where the ladies are sitting is now Buccaneer Bay. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card is from 1962 of the “New Daytona International Speeway”. The back of the card exclaims that the cost of the “finest track in the world” designed for speeds over 200 mph was over $3,000,000. Wow! Has this area[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The courtyard of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach in 1965. You can visit the Norton Museum of Art. Plan a trip by noting the address and telephone number: Address: 1451 S Olive Ave, West Palm Beach, […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The Singing Tower from the North” is the title on the back of this unmailed postcard. There are a zillion of postcards wit the tower in it, but not many with flamingos. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t recall this forest of royal palms being still a part of McKee Gardens. A check of a Google aerial doesn’t show any combination of palms this dense. Hurricanes and time likely brought most of these down. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Here’s an undated postcard for the now long gone and nearly forgotten Tropical Hobbyland tourist attraction that was in Miami. The Miccosukee Tribe of indians were mostly featured with the women posing in handmade & colorful costumes and the men[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Rare Bird Farm that was in Kendall used this postcard to advertise “Florida’s Only-World’s Largest Rare Bird Farm. 1400 birds – 350 species.” “A Trip Around the World With Birds”. This postcard was mailed by “Grandpa” to Master Henry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This 1960s postcard demonstrates the Space Age wasn’t just for humans! The back of the postcard states this is “One of the Chimps in the Monkey Jungle’s hourly Chimp show”. This postcard packet is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Chute the Chute’ is the title of this postcard of St. Augustine’s Alligator Farm. The card is postmarked 1966. The Alligator Farm is still with us! You can learn more about the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and plan a trip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of the boardwalk, originally called the broadwalk, doesn’t have a postmark, so unsure of the year. Would guess around 1950. Please leave any of your thoughts or memories of the boardwalk below! This postcard, along with most all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…