Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Wolfie’s Restaurant, Miami Beach, 1966.
on November 16, 2023
at 6:00 am
Here’s a card postmarked 1966 of the world famous Wolfie’s Restaurant that once welcomed thousands in Miami Beach.
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Here’s the 1909 line up of football players for the University of Florida Gator team. > . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Sports #Football #FloridaSports #Gators #UF #UniersityOfFlorida
Swampy’s Florida Ads: A Guide to the Upper Keys, a brochure from ’60s.
on November 14, 2023
at 6:00 am
This brochure for the Upper Keys (From the Card Sound curve to Long Key) has a nifty cover illustration and a pretty routine layout otherwise. Though fishing is far less popular than it was decades ago, there’s still plenty of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Saturday: The Empire Room, Hotel Roosevelt, #Jacksonville, 1950s.
on November 12, 2023
at 6:00 am
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…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday: Sand Dollar Restaurant, St. Petersburg
on November 11, 2023
at 6:00 am
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…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 1940s.
on October 23, 2023
at 6:25 am
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: New River, Fort Lauderdale, 1950
on October 19, 2023
at 6:16 am
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…
Here is the repair crew for boats coming into the Pensacola docks in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden.You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Ads from today, 1971: ‘Mr. Steak’, Sarasota, with oddly worded ad.
on October 16, 2023
at 6:02 am
This advertisement has some very odd wording. Not sure what “Family Place” would have “Best Girl Friend”s to look for. There was an even odder worded ad that I can’t show here. At the time the wording for that ad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Kennedy Space Center, 1970
on October 16, 2023
at 6:01 am
This postcard of the John F. Kennedy Space Center is postmarked June 30, 1970. It was sent by Donna to her father, Paul Reese, in Feltonville, Ohio. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……….#NASA #Space #Spacetravel #capeCanaveral #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…