Here’s a large, undated postcard for Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Camp-Resort on west US 192 in Kissimmee, just south of Disney World. This was one of two in the area. The other one was about five miles away on Turkey Lake[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the first street car in Palatka. In between horse travel and car travel was a combination of both on the roads of Florida. Most cities had some form of horse drawn street cars. This photo is from ‘Florida Under[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now here’s how to get through traffic jams! This undated postcard seems to be from around 1900. Oddly, in the corner is a variation of our Florida seal with the words below it: ‘In God We Trust’. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first image is the inside and the photo is the outside. Looks like one might have been better for the other.
Now here’s a deal! The building illustrated still exists in Winter Park on Park Avenue. This ad is from an Orlando – Winter Park Attraction Guide from 1962. The guide is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. By the way,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1948 postmarked postcard of the Johnson Terrace that was, at one time, in Downtown Jacksonville. Arnold Norman sent the card from Jacksonville to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Norman wrote to “Toots” that he had been swimming “in the Gulf of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the locomotive of the Florida Railway and Navigation Company in Tallahassee in 1901. This photo is from ‘A Pictorial History of Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below: https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R This book is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a wood burning engine of the Atlantic Coast Line in St. Petersburg in 1908. This photo is from ‘Tampa Bay Through The Times’ by the St. Petersburg Times. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a train of the Florida East Coast Railroad making it’s way out of Jacksonville on it’s way to Miami. The train is Mountain 432. That’s the St. Johns River below. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmailed postcard was produced by the ‘Florida Festival’ folks themselves. ‘Florida Festival’ was an upscale bazaar like attraction that was across, owned and run by ‘Sea World’ that sat across the street. Tourists mostly went to this spot where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Henry Plant’s train rumbles away from Henry Plant’s Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Belleair around 1900. At this time the train actually entered the building. While working to save the Biltmore, once the largest wooden occupied structure in the world, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the first train coming down the tracks in Apalachicola, April 30th, 1907, almost 112 years ago.. This photo is from ‘Bicentennial Guide to Florida’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below : https://amzn.to/2ItxbuA[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…