Here’s a matchbook for Orlando radio station, WDBO (Way Down By Orlando). The station moved from the address shown above in the late 80s to a huge facility on John Young Parkway. WDBO is now an AM station playing sports[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard isn’t postmarked but guess it is in the 1960s. Found a later one on Flickr that has taller trees and larger bushes out front of the entrance. Same exact angles of the images. The motel is gone and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked card appears to be from the late ’70s, when the Captain’s Table was a popular spot. The spot is gone again, though there are many places across Florida using the same name. This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed March 16th, 1912 from St. Cloud to a Mrs. George Burton of Boston, Massachusetts. The handwriting is so poor, that I can’t make out the message being sent. It’s being sent ‘with much love’ from someone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed, but the cars look around 1970. The pier still stands very differnetly. Seems it’s a game every few decades to knock down the pier area and build it again. That has happened since this image. .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s what Sulpher Springs once looked like in Tampa. It was once a separate area from Tampa. Now it has all folded into one. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………………#Tampa #SulpherSprings #Floridacity #FloridaLife #FloridaLifeStyle #History #FloridaHistory #Floridana[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This image seems to picked up a bit of a stormy day. Added a lot to image. The card doesn’t indicate where this was, but it’s unlikely this area looks like this today. This picture is part of a fold[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This park has changed considerably over the years. This is still another park that’s lost it’s botanical flavor. This postcard has no date, so it is hard to figure when it is from. The style indicates the ’40s or ’50s.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of the old Municipal Swimming Pool in Lakeland. The postcard wasn’t mailed, though I’d guess this postcard is from around 1950. Don’t know much about this pool except that this pool isn’t the official pool anymore. The City[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is postmarked October 1918 and the sender writes that he is glad to be leaving the area in the southern part of Jacksonville. The Ortega Bridge is still around but looks quite different today. The wooden bridge has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It the Citrus Tower in Clermont! Now the view is of a sea of roofs but the tower is still there, plus the gift shop and the Hall of Presidents. It’s been more recently further updated with much more to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Besides golf and tennis, there was once access to horses at the Biltmore in Coral Gables. This photo was taken back when equine sports were more popular than swinging sticks at little balls. Ah! – But this is a polo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…