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…
Here;s the Trilby-San Antonio railroad depot that still stands in Pasco County. This depot serviced the “Orange Belt Route” as a Atlantic Coast Line Station. This is an undated postcard, but would guess this is from the mid-1960s.
The Elk Barber Shop in Tampa, 1930s. This photo is from ‘Tampa the Treasure City’ by Anthony Pizzo.You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.https://amzn.to/34ug7fx This book is in the Swampy’s Florida library….#Barber #Hair #Tampa #FloridaLife #FloridaHistory #History[…]↓ 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 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…
Fishing houses that once lined the Miami coast before the financial needs of others replaced them with concrete and asphalt. Today this is where the MacArthur Causeway cuts across water to Miami Beach. This photo is from ‘Miami: the Way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…