It’s the early 1900s and the Ingham Dairy horse drawn cart makes it’s way through Pensacola delivering milk. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Baldwin engine was built in 1919 and, in the photograph, sits in Century, Florida, in 1960.Learn more about the engine and the photo by clicking here. It’s where I came across the photograph. Century, Florida, lines the Florida Alabama[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a card postmarked 1966 of the world famous Wolfie’s Restaurant that once welcomed thousands in Miami Beach.
Here’s the 1909 line up of football players for the University of Florida Gator team. > . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Sports #Football #FloridaSports #Gators #UF #UniersityOfFlorida
Here is The Empire Room of the old Hotel Roosevelt in Jacksonville. This dining area was once considered one of the best in the southeast. That unfortunately ended September 1st, 1926 when a fire at the hotel became the greatest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Florida native “Fireball” Roberts making a turn in Ormond Beach. This is all pre-NASCAR and the races that moved inland and seen this evening. This photo is from ‘Daytona’ by Ed Hinton.You can purchase a copy of this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked post card is of the Sand Dollar Restaurant and Cocktail lounge in St. Petersburg. It had Florida’s only “Merry-Go-Round Lounge”. The back of the card states the location is on US 19 south of Central Plaza. That makes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This rounded corner postcard is of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad’s coach and pullman streamliner. The card is not postmarked, but I would guess around 1970. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………….#Florida #Trains #Transportation #RR #Railroad #FloridaTransportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard shows the pool at the Casino that once stood in Lake Worth. The Casino was not like casinos we know today. It was essentially a recreation building for the community. This building was demolished and recently the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Today it’s easy to roar down US27 in Glades County and not even realize you went by the tiny community of Palmdale. This photo is of the train that makes a stop at the Palmdale depot to drop off parcels[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of the New River is part of a Fort Lauderdale souvenir folder. Those were usually made up of images already available as individual postcards. This one has a 1950 copyright stated. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…