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Downtown Lake Wales on Park Avenue, 1940s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday.
on November 18, 2024
at 6:00 am
This is part of a larger fold-out package of Lake Wales images. There’s an address written that I can’t read of some where in Pennsylvania as if to mail, but no postmark exists on the package. This postcard is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1st naval training station graduating class in Pensacola, 1915.- Swampy’s Historic Florida Memorial Day photos.
on November 11, 2024
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Here’s the first graduating class of Pensacola’s naval training station in 1915. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2PVo74w This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Downtown St. Petersburg & The Vinoy, 1948.
on November 7, 2024
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Downtown St. Petersburg during another Boom, post WW II. The area was thriving and would well into the ’60s.The strip of trees jutting off shore and into the water is what is better known today as the pier area. Hard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greetings from Largo in Pinellas County! – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on November 4, 2024
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#Postcard #FloridaPOstcard #Collectibles #Largo #LargoFlorida
Swampy’s Postcard : The Burt Reynolds Theater, Jupiter.
on October 28, 2024
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Actor, Burt Reynolds built this theater in Jupiter and opened in 1979. It was just north of Riviera Beach where he grew up and his father was a municipal police officer. The theater was very successful at first and Reynolds[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard – Spring Side Motel, Ocala, 1950s.
on October 24, 2024
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Here is the Spring Side Motel in Ocala on Silver Springs Boulevard in the 1950s. The postcard declares a Free T.V. in every room, 28 units and 100% air conditioned. Here’s what the motel looked like in 2007: The motel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Palm Beach Garden of Eden.- Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on October 14, 2024
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All of Florida was a botanical wonder before we went on a building spree. This postcard reproduction is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. ….#Postcards #FloridaPostcard #Collectibles #PalmBeach #GardenOfEden #Florida
Swampy’s Florida Postcards : Maxwell Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, 1940s.
on October 2, 2024
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Here’s what the Maxwell Hotel once looked like. It was once located 441 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. The back of the postcard states: “All modern rooms with private bath.” The card was not mailed and can only figure this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: The Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne, 1952.
on September 26, 2024
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This postcard of the former Melbourne Hotel was mailed from Grant, just south of Melbourne, December 11th, 1952 from Flossie to Mrs. Naomi Jackson, 3342 Morrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Flossie writes that he didn’t stay at the hotel above, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: Flipper’s Sea School, Grassy Key, mid-’70s.
on September 24, 2024
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Here’s an advertising card for ‘Flipper’s Sea School’ that existed from 1972 to 1977. Prior to that the location was known as ‘Santini’s Porpoise School’ and housed one of the porpoises from the TV series ‘Flipper’. After 1977, the location[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Downtown St. Petersburg, 1940s.
on September 16, 2024
at 6:00 am
A 1940s view of Dowtown St. Petersburg. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection…… . #Florida #FloridaLiving #Floridalifestyle #SaintPetersburg #Postcard #FloridaPostcard #Collectables