Steamboats were a major form of transportation throughout Florida in the 1800s. The advent of trains docked most. By the early 1900s steamboats had mostly disappeared. This photo is from the ‘Osceola County Centennial 1887-1987‘, page 394. You can get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the 1000th Burger Chef opened August 9th, 1969 in Treasure Island, south of Clearwater, the pirates came out in force to celebrate with burger, fries and shakes! Came across this image when Swampy’s Friend, Gar, sent a story about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was 17 members of the Clearwater community who came together in 1891 to start the Clearwater Presbyterian Church. Today it’s known as the Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church. This is a postcard mailed June 6th, 1944 from William Christie, 718[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the storefront of an Atlanta travel agency in 1938. This wasn’t an unusual display throughout the U.S. and beyond. Even around Florida travel agents usually had displays of other places in Florida to visit. These days travel agents have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are out there, not far from our shores. The sponges are not all that numerous. There is still farming of sponges by various businesses. Yet, a bit of scuba diving of Biscayne Bay might have you encounter such a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Congregational Church in Coral Gables. The structure is the oldest established building (1923) in Coral Gables. It was built by Coral Gables developer George Merrick in honor of his father, who was a Congregational Minister. The church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s 1925 in Coral Gables and a grader treats the land as the Biltmore Hotel is being constructed. This photo is from ‘Floridians at Work: Yesterday and Today’ by Margaret G. Wilson. You can purchase a copy of the book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is of the entrance to the world famous Silver Springs. There is no date on the card and would figure this to be from around 1960. I seem to recall this picture had a back story to it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard, labeled ‘The Bathing Beach’. In the background is the original Breakers building prior to the fire of 1926. The new Breakers building was rebuilt in a very different style of the Renaissance palace, Villa Medici. The message[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard must be from the 19-teens or 20s. Wonder what became of those little children? What are your favorite Florida river banks? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Does seem an odd advertisement from McDonald’s to give away steaks and ham for Valentine’s Day. But this is from 1961 and even the logo is different at McDonald’s. This advertisement is from the February 10th, 1961 Sarasota Journal. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard gives no more information as to where this is in our state. If you know where this building is or if this is your house, let us know below in the comments section. This postcard is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…