This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe, page 74. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here : https://amzn.to/2K2eM8R
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This photo is from ‘Florida Cities’, published in 1965. The book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.
The Teen Town youth center was opened by the West Palm beach Jaycees in 1949. This photo is from ‘Pioneers in Paradise – West Palm Beach First 100 Years’, page 153. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, south of Miami
on January 10, 2022
at 1:59 pm
Get your frog legs! at Sherrard’s Dixie Belle Inn, 12 miles south of Miami on U.S. 1. The back of the postcards states the inn is famous for “Southern fried chicken, barbecued spare ribs. two cocktail bars. Air conditioned. Fishermen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is part of a Jacksonville postcard packet mailed November 28, 1916. to Mr.s Edna Boettcher in Buffalo, New York. This postcard packet is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #Postcards #Postcards #Attractions #FloridaAttractions #Jacksonville […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This postcard was sent to Larence Casazza in St. Vincents Hospital, Jacksonville, by Ralph Cooper of the ‘Sick Committee, K of C & BPOE 221’. The message is hope that Lawrence gets well soon. This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Garden Apartments, Hollywood, 1952
on December 18, 2021
at 6:00 am
Here are the Garden Apartments that once was along US1 in Fort Lauderdale. “Perfect one room homes”. “Opposite the Chamber of Commerce”. The postcard is from Viola and sent from Hollywood, November 25th, 1952. The postcard was sent to Mrs.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Fishing off Hontoon Island, near DeLand, 1970.
on December 16, 2021
at 6:00 am
“Fishing off Hontoon Island, near DeLand, Florida.” states the back of this postcard. Though the postcard was not mailed, there is a copyright of 1970 in a corner of the back of the postcard. Today this is part of Hontoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sparkling Clearwater Beach, 1960s.
on December 6, 2021
at 6:00 am
This postcard of Clearwater Beach is not postmarked, though it appears to me to be from about the late 1960s. What do you all think? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . #POstcards[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s great to be in Delray Beach, Fla.” postcard was sent from West Palm Beach, March 12th, 1955. S. Wilchmann sent the card to Mr. & Mrs. Carl Vancelord in Pluckemin, New Jersey. The writer writes that it has been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Above is a view of the Sears built at 2010 E. Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. I saw it on the Vintage Roadside Facebook page. I knew where the location was and that the Fun-Lan Drive-in Theater was next door and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…