The postcard, above, shows City Island in Daytona Beach. The island, just east of Downtown Daytona Beach, has been home of horse and car racing and lots of baseball. American sports history was made when Jackie Robinson played baseball on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: #Miami City Yacht Basin, 1940s.
Here’s Pier #5 of the City Yacht Basin in Miami. This postcard is not postmarked, but it appears to be from around 1945. This area and the cityscape has entirely changed since this image. Please post any memories you have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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
This is from a Fort Lauderdale folding postcard pack that wasn’t mailed, but appears to be from the 1950s. This postcard packet is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #Postcards #Postcards #Attractions #FloridaAttractions #Miami #MiamiFlorida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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
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 #JacksonvilleĀ […]↓ 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
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.
“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…