Way back when, Florida Power and Light Company delivered ice. In 1927, here is how it was delivered! This photo is from Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 1, Issues 1-8. You can purchase this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4aLeTit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard shows a scene that could easily be repeated today: Feeding the many birds that thrive near and around Lake Eola in Orlando. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection………….#FloridaPark #OrlandoPark #FloridaLake #FloridaBirds #Florida #Orlando #Aviary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard is likely from around 1960 at a height of popularity. The back of the card tells us that the stones and statues were imported from Italy. Hand carved in Clearwater was the base of the fountain. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s January 29th, 1912 and the Jacksonville waterfront along the St. Johns River sees a paddle boat make it’s way into port. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’.You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the ‘Florida Fruit Express” making it’s way through the orange groves. This postcard is postmarked December 5th, 1919. It was sent to Mrs. Thomas Matthews in Montgomery, Alabama. The handwriting is very difficult to make out by the sender.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard appears to be from around 1960. Would you agree? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #History #FloridaHistory #FloridaLiving #FloridaLife #Floridatourism #Travel #Floridatravel #Tourism
Walter Powell, daughter and friend at Smith’s Stemper Store in Land O’Lakes in the 1920s. This photo is from Elizabeth & Susan MacManus’ ‘Going, Going…Almost Gone’, 2012. Author MacManus points out that folks then, as now, would get baby critters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 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…