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Lakeside Inn, Mount Dora, 1973. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard.
on July 20, 2023
at 6:22 am
Here’s a postcard of the Lakeside Inn that has is noted 1973 to Mr & Mrs. Fraun Van De Water of Millbrook, N.Y. The note is from “E.” and states that they have spent “a most delightful time in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from Tampa Bay History magazine. I hope that goat has a driver’s license! All this certainly cheaper than those car-things we drive today! This magazine is part of the Swampy’s Florida library……….#Train #Railroad #FlordiaTrain #Floridarailroad #Floridalife #FloridaLifestyle #Transportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Devil’s Millhopper, Gainesville, 1908. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on July 17, 2023
at 6:12 am
Here’s a 1908 postmarked postcard of the Devil’s Mill Hopper in Gainesville sent from Gainesville to a Mrs. R. Hildetch on Clark Street in Jacksonville. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the image on the back of a deck of Eckerd Drug Stores playing cards. Stores used to have their own brands of all sorts of things. Jack Eckerd’s Drug Stores were no different. They had combs, yo-yos, pencils….and playing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard – Hotel Chipola, Marianna, 1930s.
on July 13, 2023
at 6:00 am
Still standing today is the Hotel Chipola in Marianna as seen in this 1930s postcard. The back of the postcard says that “Every Room with Private Bath. Modern – Fireproof”. Below is a recent view of the Hotel Chipola, now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard : Six Gun Territory, Ocala.
on July 10, 2023
at 6:00 am
It’s Six Gun Territory! A perfect action shot of the show that once graced the property that was Six Gun Territory in Ocala. Opening in 1963 it combined with Silver Springs to pour hundreds of thousands of tourists into Marion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It wasn’t until 1949 until shrimp was fished off Key West for the first time by John Salvadore. This photo was taken at the height of the shrimping season in the mid-1960s. Look at all those boats bringing tons of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why would vacationers come to Florida to get in a noisy, electronic ride when they can play shuffleboard? Here families have fun in this photo from a 1957 Florida vacation guide. This photo is from ‘Florida Vacation Guide – 1957’.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Holiday House Restaurant, High Springs.
on July 6, 2023
at 6:00 am
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…