A 1940s view of Dowtown St. Petersburg. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection…… . #Florida #FloridaLiving #Floridalifestyle #SaintPetersburg #Postcard #FloridaPostcard #Collectables
Behind the train cars is the Seaboard Air Line Railroad’s locomotive #333 arriving in Gainesville on April 30th, 1940. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ Annual Edition, Vol.1′ You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/33jgk3W This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed, but the shape of the roadway would lead me to believe it’s the 1920s or 30s. Though there are roads around Florida like this today, it’s unlikely a postcard would be made of it. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bunny cuddles up with a copy of ‘Freddy goes to Florida’ and her Teddy Bear. Walter Brooks began writing a series of books in the mid-1920s about a farm of talking animals that included a pig named Freddy. The first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dream of Orchids by Phyllis A. Whitney My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is part of my Florida collection. Setting: Key West. First, Phyllis Whitney is a tremendous writer. There is so much to point to that is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unfortunately, the church doesn’t have a website and there are no markings on the building telling when the building was built. Fortunately the Facebook page added since I took this photo in 2013 reveals the building was opened in 1912.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Lemon City train station in the late 1800s. It wasn’t long before Lemon City became a part of Miami. Lemon City these days is better known as Little Haiti by Haitians who wanted to tag their island name[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Source: ‘Biscayne Bights and Breezes’. You can purchase a copy of this bit of Florida history and recipes by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3Zuev4L This book is aprt of teh Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . .. . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed March 21st, 1948 from Orlando to Mrs. Clara Patrick, 239 Walnut St, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Lil and Milt mailed the postcard and write something about someone they know in DeLand. Also written that “It is 87[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Announced today is a pilot to be made of Charles Willeford’s ‘Hoke Moseley’. The deeply dark set of novels are set in Miami and have quite a cult following. The books haven’t been in print for many years, so this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Historical Church in the little city of Fellsmere. People in the community built this church in 1922. The spire and cross were blown off the building during a storm in 1955 and the bell was removed in 1990.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was one of the depots found along the Orange Belt Line in the 1880s that had a Russian motive. This one was in St Petersburg. This photo is from ‘The Plant System’ by Gregg Turner and Seth Bramson. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…