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…
“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…