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…
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…
“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…
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…
This is the first offices of the Holly Hill Grove and Fruit Company in Davenport, in Polk County. In the background, to the right, is the Holly Hill Hotel. Today Davenport has been lost to the action of the U.S.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a popular spot for postcard settings. There are a number taken from this spot looking north on North Orange Avenue from Church Street. That’s Woolworth on the right corner. To the left is the First National Bank of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #Postcards #Postcards #FloridaBusiness #Business #SilverSprings #SilverSpringsFlorida #Hsitory #FloridaHistory
The ‘John Sylvester’ arrives in Green Cove Springs along the St. Johns River around 1890. This photo is from ‘Parade of Memories – A History of Clay County, Florida’ by Arch Fredric Blakey. You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This view from around 1967 is mostly unrecognizable from the immense concrete skyscrapers that litter the area today. This was back in the latter decades of a prosperous Downtown. Burdines was still there and many businesses were all around to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Arthur Fuller in his horse drawn wagon by his barn in Altamonte Springs in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘A History of Altamonte Springs, Florida’ by Jerrell H. Shofner, page 89. Click here to purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…