This postcard sure shows why decades of people came to Florida. Also why egrets have never stopped being in Florida! This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Downtown Lakeland along Kentucky Avenue. The view is looking north from Main Street. Munn Park is to the left outside of this image. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A postcard of the former Floridaland and it’s “Amazing porpoise shows” in the “Porpoise Pool”, as stated on the back of the postcard.Floridaland was in Osprey, near Venice. This postcard isn’t postmarked, but would figure this is from the late[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the original chapel of the now multi-block large College Park United Methodist Church in Orlando. It was built in 1944 as the original chapel. Later more structures were added, including a larger chapel. It’s now used for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida says Happy #FreeComicBookDay! About the illustration: Here the evil Tourist-Man is about to level all of Florida and create one giant kiddie amusement park, 2,585 hole golf course and turn Lake Okeechobee into a pool with the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmailed postcard celebrates the Florida-based media hit of the 1960s, ‘Flipper’. There were movies, a television series, comics, books, toys, etc. of the program. The concept was created by Ricou Browning, who had also been the underwater ‘Gill-Man’ in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby, Alva, Penney and Zuber celebrate Jazz Day! You can learn more about Jazz Day by clicking here: http://jazzday.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . #InternationalJazzDay #JazzDay #Music #JazzMusic #FloridaLife #FlordiaLifestyle #Celebrate #Happy #Daily #Cartoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Esther Williams swimming pool that once was part of Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven. The postcard scene if from the Esther Williams film ‘Easy to Love’, also starring Van Johnson and Tony Martin. The postcard was mailed June[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A great way to celebrate Blueberry Pie Day is to pick the berries to make your own pie. Here Zuber picks ’em and Trilby stores them. There are many places to pick blueberries in Florida. One is the Abshier Blueberry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This station in Stuart was built in 1933 after a fire destroyed the station previous to this one. In 1966 this one was demolished after passenger service stopped to Stuart. This photo is from ‘History of Martin County’ by Janet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed August 18th, 1910 from Punta Gorda to a Mrs. Snyder in Vineland, New Jersey. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Florida #Pineapples #Agriculture #FloridaAgriculture #Farm #FloridaFarm #FloridaBusiness #History #Floridahistory #Floridana #Floridalife #FloridaLifeStyle #Floridapeople #FlordiaRealEstate
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…