The Orange County Motor Lodge was one of the premiere hotels in Orlando in the 1920s through 1950s. Inside was the Terrace restaurant and a small snack shop by the entrance. The hotel hosted many school dances and social gatherings.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are two sides of a 1960 Silver Springs brochure.
Swimmers having Summer fun at Spa Beach in St. Petersburg in 1923. This photo is from ‘St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888-1950’ by Raymond Arsenault. You can click here to get a copy for yourself.
In the early 1930s the bathing suits these ladies are wearing were considered decadent. Here we see conscientious objectors to the law. This photo is from ‘Miami Memoirs” by John Sewell with update by Arva Moore Parks. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1930 view of Miami looking south on Biscayne Boulevard from 8th Street. This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
Anyone trying to get their first driver’s license in the late ’70s or early ’80s had a copy of this book. Did you have one like it?
Neat evening shot of the Silvermoon Drive In in Lakeland. The drive-ins are still out there! Do you have one near you?
This the Jadrievic store in Pensacola, 1890s. It obviously had men’s clothing. The store also catered to the male taste with an appropriate saloon, too. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’ byLucious & Linda Ellsworth.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1972 was the last time a presidential convention has happened in Florida. By happenstance, both the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention met in Miami Beach a few weeks from each other. It has, so far, been the last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the Platt Street Bridge is a view of Downtown Tampa. Below the bridge is the Hillsborough River. Practically everything in view here is gone now. There is no date on this postcard, but guesstimating from the structures that this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A young lady and a baby gator! this 1896 is not an unusual site as tourists visiting Florida saw these little fellows as not much different than a lizard. They would buy them and carry them around in a cigar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a hurricane fashion pose after a hurricane in Fort Lauderdale in 1947. Photo is from ‘Florida’s Hurricane History’ by Jay Barnes. You can purchase a copy of the book yourself by clicking here or below.