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.
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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…
Here’s the War Price & Ration Board in Sarasota in the 1940s. This photo is from ‘Sarasota: A Sentimental Journey’ by Jeff LaHurd. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/2G398CA This book is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This theater card is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Clearwater Beach, 1959.
on October 12, 2023
at 6:17 am
This postcard of Clearwater Beach was mailed December 31, 1959 by Ada to Paul Fummer in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Ada writes that she saw strawberries, cane sugar, cattle and “nice black soil”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1880s in the business district on the main street, Wire Street, in Fort Meade. This photo is from ‘In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County, Florida, to 1940.’ You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard showing the main entrance of the Orlando Air Force Base off Bennett Road. This entire base is gone as well as all of the entrances that looked like this throughout Florida. The only nod to the base[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The structure was a restaurant and bar. At one time, businesses were creative and built unique and stylish structures. Today, McDonalds, Taco Bell, etc. are built as boring boxws. Sadly, this building was torn down in 1992. This photo is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard : The Manatee, a Bee Line Ferry off Pinellas Point
on September 28, 2023
at 6:00 am
Here’s the ferry, ‘The Manatee’ sailing off from Pinellas Point. This was how, those horseless carriages, got across the Florida waters before hte push for roads and bridges. Many of us wish the return of the ferry instead of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…