Where might this be in our great state of Florida? It was near the coast. But which one?
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Send in your guesses where this location was. I believe it’s gone. Though I saw it so long, I may be imagining it’s still there. 🙂
This is an interesting view of a spot in Florida. Not seen one like until adding this postcard to the collection. Anybody know what and where this is in Florida?
Here’s a token for the ‘Tampa Transit Lines, Inc.’ I believe this was for the old streetcars that have been long gone. Below is the other side of the coin. This coin is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a key to the Mount Vernn Hotel in Winter Park. Not sure when this was from in that they were using keys in the ’90s. However, would guess this is from the ’70s. There were a number of Mount[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Postcard Wednesday – The Cypress Gardens Florida Pool
on September 29, 2010
at 5:32 am
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…
Here are salt and pepper shakers from Weeki Wachee.
Here are two from the early days of Marineland. Above is the now gone Dolphin pool. Below is ‘The Dolphin Restaurant and Marine Village’. Parts of these buildings still stand.
Here’s a check from The Florida National Bank that on the 14th is 99 years old.
Postcard Wednesday: Daytona Speedway 1962
on September 8, 2010
at 12:01 pm
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…
Today, Wednesday, September 8th, would have been Claude Pepper’s 110th birthday. To commemorate, here’s a button from one of Claude’s campaign runs in the ’60s along with his autobiography. Click here to learn of one of Florida’s longest serving politicians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…