Here is the railroad depot for Sutherland. Sutherland was a shortening of the Southern Land and Development Company. Later Sutherland was renamed Palm Harbor, which still sits in northern Pinellas County beside Dunedin……….#Train #Railroad #FlordiaTrain #Floridarailroad #Floridalife #FloridaLifestyle #Transportation #FloridaTrasportation[…]↓ 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…
This building still stands in High Springs on US441. The original restaurant part is now a pawn shop. A second building was attached and held a dive shop for years. The back of the card states that the Holiday House[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is photo of the world famous bare foot water skier, George Blair, is from before 1993 when the book with this photo on the cover came out. George got the Banana added to his moniker because of the yellow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked postcard appears to be from the late 1960s of Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg.You can still visit Sunken Gardens today. Click here to plan your trip to this Florida botanical wonder.:http://www.stpete.org/attractions/sunken_gardens/index.php This postcard is part of the Swampy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘ Pensacola: Florida’s First Place City : A Pictorial History’ by Jesse Earle Bowden, page 81. You can purchase one by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3cRqgWV This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library. .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Blue Springs near Orange City. If you look close, you”ll spot a set of ladies walking along the water’s edge. Lawyers have curtailed such activities by the springs these days. The postcard is postmarked from 105 years ago, February[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Carriage Inn is one of the few lodging spots in this area of Levy County.You can plan a visit to the Carriage Inn here:https://carriage-inn-motel.com/The sign and motel are located here:16872 US-19, Cross City, 32628Their telephone number:(352) 498-3910 Have not[…]↓ 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…
Here’s the fully loaded Coca Cola truck in from of the Coa Cola Bottling Co. building in St. Petersburg in 1939. This photo is from Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 1, Issues 1-8. This book isn’t available for purchase.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Knowing the area over the decades, this unmarked postcard appears to be of the southeast corner of Lake Eola. Maybe along Central Boulevard. It appears to be from around 1910. If you look close you can see two trails to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo of this locomotive in Gainesville in 1881 is from ‘Tap Lines’, a historic railroad site. You can learn much more about the engine and railway line by clicking here: http://www.taplines.net/fs/fs.html . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…