Interesting the images chosen for these postcards. No actual beach shown here. This one is geared toward the boater. This is another general postcard not mailed and it’s unlcear what year it is from. Please let me know if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A postcard of a “River Scene’ in Clermont in Lake County. This is undated but would guess is from sometime in the early part of the last century. I would also guess the “River” is really somewhere between Lake Minneola[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anyone else remember these days? I do! Amazing to not see this kind of display very few places across Florida these days! Post below any memories you have of citrus displays! This postcard of the Tropical Fruit Shippers of Sarasota[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The back of the postcard declares – “Worlds Safest”. World’s safest what i don’t know.The postcard wasn’t mailed, but I’d age it around 1960. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection…..#Florida #Postcard #FloridaPostcards #Travel #FloridaTravel #Floridalife #FloridaLifestyle #Tourists[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the 1940s when Dupree Gardens in Pasco County was open. Click here to learn more about J. William Dupree and Dupree Gardens. – http://www.fivay.org/dupree_gardens.htmlThe property now is mostly a housing development. This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is of the Beverly Garden Apartments in Hollywood Beach – Open all year. The postcard was mailed July 14th to the “Family Herman Meyer” in Germany. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
This postcard is part of a larger pack of postcards of Orlando. The postmark is a bit tough to read involving what year in the 1920s. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida colleciton……#Flordia #Orlando #OrlandoFlorida #Postcard #FloridaPostcard #Cherokee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The famous Weeki Wachee pose that has been around 70 years and still featured as an emblem of the park. A statue of the pose sits a few stories high near the entrance. As the pose was performed in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a service at Penney Memorial Chapel in Penney Farms, near Jacksonville, in the 1920s. 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 postcard is part of a pack of Everglades cards. The package is undated, but would figure around 1970. The postcard pack is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection…..#EVerglades #Roseate #Spoonbills #RoseateSpoonbills #Birds #FloridaBirds #Aviary #Environment #Watger #FloridaWater #nature #FloridaNature[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is certainly one of the most legendary motel/hotels in Central Florida. Still remembered today by the locals, it is still missed when nearly 50 years ago the set of motel tee pee rooms was demolished to make way for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This image is labeled ‘Raccoons on the River’. What river isn’t mentioned. knowing so many of our Florida rivers, this scene could be anywhere across our state. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……#Postcards #Floridapostcards #Collectibles #FloridaCollectibles #Raccoons[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…