This 1951 postmarked postcard is of the former Solarium that once was one the east side of Lake Estelle in Orlando. Folks would swim and have a beach-like area to go to inland. I’ve heard many stories about the fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lots no longer with us since this advertisement for a special pull-out section of the Miami News. First gone is the Miami News. The News, a little over a year later, in 1966, started merging with the Miami Herald and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the tram car rolling along Lincoln Road in Miami beach, 1972. This postmarked postcard was mailed to Louise Castanzo in Atlantic City, N.J. It’s a bit hard to read, but it seems the card is from William Saxon. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back when Downtowns were downtowns.NONE of this exists anymore as seen here. This was once a thriving community. Today the area is cluttered with typical municipal government ‘traffic calmers’. That is medians down the center of the road with trees[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the 1904 graduating class of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.Apparently none were too happy of this outcome. 😀 It is odd how the solemn, if not agitated, face was prevalent during this period as photographs were taken. You’d think one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a shoe glove to clean your shoes given away while staying at The Landmark Motor Lodge in Winter Haven. Not sure which corner the motel was at on US 17 & County road 544. However there is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard has no more information about it’s location than the text within the image- ‘Lighthouse on the Florida Coast. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s what so many came to see when visiting Marine Studios (Also known as Marineland)…………..#Florida #Marineland #FloridaFun #FloridaLife #FloridaLiving #Floridalifestyle
This is an actual advertising card for Tampa’s ’40th Street Drive-In’ back in 1954. This was back when a news reel and cartoon was part of the show. Thus noted at the bottom. The theater opened in 1953. The location lasted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Warm Mineral Springs opened as a spa to the public around the time this postcard was sent in 1964. People from all over the world came who wished to heal in it’s waters of a constant 87 degree. Unfortunately, in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…