On the flip side of this January 23rd, 1966, postmarked card is a message from John & Bernice Hart that it was “cold here last night 39 degrees”. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nabbed this from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Trains #Flagler#Transportation #Travel #FloridaTravel #FloridaTransportation #RR #Railroad
This appears to be Hogan’s Creek looking south into Downtown. This would’ve been 9 years after the fire that destroyed much of Downtown. The creek is still roaming northerly and southerly through the city. It feeds into the St[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Join Trilby and friends as they salute the brave service of our Florida Firefighters today! You can learn more about International Firefighters Day here: https://www.firehero.org/international-firefighters-day/ . . . . . . . . . . #InternationalFirefightersDay #FirefightersDay #Fire #Firefighters #Flordia[…]↓ 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…
It’s a swinging time in Islamorada at the Cheeca Lodge in this 1964 postmarked postcard. The Cheeca Lodge is still open today. Click here to learn more about it: https://www.cheeca.com/ Thank to D. Kyle Quillen on Facebook who corrected me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a colorful and cheery Cypress Gardens postcard postmarked 1973 for you all! This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles[…]↓ 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…
In the 1880s Downtown Fort Myers was made up of only a handful of blocks of structures. Lew Stuart was one who set up shop in one of those wooden structures. It’s believed he cut Thomas Edison’s hair. This photo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2 miles north of Orlando, at the time, sat this structure. I’ve been told it was taken down sometime in the ’60s. I believe it was somewhere around where the current intersection of 441 and Lee Road is. What a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This locomotive served the workers of Flagler’s overseas railroad construction. Prior to that it led the Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Halifax Railroad. This photo is from ‘Born of the Sun: The Official Florida Bicentennial Commemorative Book’ , page 120. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the infamous Daytona Beach pier before hurricane remodeling. The postcard is undated, but the car underneath would indicate around 1970. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…