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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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.
Don’t know if these folks are coming, going or if all this was staged, but here they are in the Havana Special in Key West in the throes of the Depression in 1930. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Orlando Motor Lodge, 1967.
on August 10, 2023
at 6:00 am
This postcard is marked 1967 and sent to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Danforth in Bonita Springs, Florida. They write of visitors from New Smyna Beach and Miami to the place they just cleaned. They end with a note that the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Greetings from Miami-Miami Beach” welcomes those that sent this postcard . The card features all sorts of beach scenes. The postcard seems to date from the 1930s. It’s unmarked and produced by the Dade County Newsdealers Supply Co. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the Hotel Continental that once stood at the corner of Collins Avenue and 40th Street featured on this unmarked postcard. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the Alden Hotel in 1981 built in 1936 at 2925 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach. The hotel had been open and operating and could be found here: aldenMiamibeach.com . Last october the hotel sold and was still open for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view VERY different today. This is an unmarked postcard and am open for ideas as to the age of it. I’d guess around 1940. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Collectible’s: View-Master’s ‘Flipper’.
on March 17, 2023
at 6:00 am
Still some of the best 3-D ever created, View-Master had a huge variety of images to pop into it’s viewer to see 2-D images in a new light. For some who didn’t travel it was the only way to experience[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sea Gull Hotel in Miami Beach, 1960s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on January 31, 2023
at 6:00 am
Swimming fun at The Sea Gull along Miami Beach. The postcard isn’t post marked, but I’d say this is sometime in the early ’60s. The Sea Gull is still there! The Sea Gull is still there! However, it is caught[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It the Columbus Hotel in Miami! The structure was started during the 1920s boom and then financial troubles set in. Movie mogul Steven Lynch stepped in with creative financial leverage and took over and finished the building. The hotel closed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Historical Photos: This was the Pharmacy at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, 1933.
Miami was once mighty rustic and the main hospital in Miami in 1933 displays that with their pharmacy. From ‘Yesterday in Florida – Annual Volume 1’ You can purchase one by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/31tnweb This book is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…