Here’s a 1944 postmarked postcard of the historic bandshell that still proudly stands along the beach in Daytona Beach. The postcard was sent to a Mr. Otto F. Werner in Syracuse, N.Y. What looks like, Alla and Dorothy honestly write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Sea Grill Restaurant that was once upon a time across from Fort Lauderdale High School. Eventually the Broward County School Board bought the property that had the Sea Grill and now it is fenced in as school property.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is postmarked February 24th, 1954 and mailed to RussellKresege in Lehighton, Pennsylvania from a Mrs. Buck. The message is simply: “Having a nice time It is warm to-day was sitting out in the sun Mrs Buck”. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some things never change…
(This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.)
This unmarked postcard shows some folks taking a canoe along Fisheating Creek in Palmdale. The postcard states that this scene is near one-time-famous Gaskin Cypree Knee Museum. The museum has been gone along time now. It was once a fascinating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This one is from a big ol’ bunch of postcards connected in a postcard folder of Monkey Jungle images. As is the case for almost all of the postcard packs in the Swampy’s Flordia collection, this one was never mailed.
It’s the Hair Design Studio in Coral Gables! This is where a “M. Josef”, as stated on the back of the postcard, is the “Master of the Art of Beauty” and will “Unmask the beauty that is yours”. Can’t beat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a place many in Coral Gables and southern Miami learned how to swim. It is right in the midst of a residential neighborhood and has always been a highlight of Coral Gables. It is still open today and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the old entry way to the Daytona Beach Casino in this undated postcard. As you can see there was once a far more carnival atmosphere along the beach way. There’s still evidence of that if you look at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tiki Gardens was in Indian Rocks Beach in Pinellas County. It was everything from a shell shop to a literal garden. Here is a brochure from around 1960 of that shop and attraction. Click here to read of Tiki Garden’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nestled on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park is Knowles Memorial Chapel. Earlier this month the services for former Rollins president, Thaddeus Seymour were held here. The postcard has no postmark and was printed in Asheville, North Carolina,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…