This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection…..#Church #Sunday #DaytonaBEach #FlordiaLife #Floridalifestyle
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It’s 1911 at the Alger-Sullivan lumber camp number 8 and these folks take a break for a photo of them and their giant metal steeds. This photo is from Florida Memory
Here’s a photo of a train cutting the ribbon at the opening of the Fort Lauderdale train station in 1956. The photo is from the Florida State Photo Archives. . . . . #Trains #Railroad #Transportation #FloridaTravel #FloridaTransportation #Travel #USTRAvel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Friday Train Stops: in Pensacola,1906, by way of the Shorpy Photo Archive site. An extraordinary image colorized. Click here to see the full image on the Shorpy website: http://www.shorpy.com/node/10833 If you haven’t “Like”d the Shorpy Facebook page, please[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sanlando Springs in Longwood.
This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard Monday: A view of the south shore of Clearwater
The back of the postcard states: “… a view of the south end of the beach showing some of the beautiful motels and hotels on the West Coast.” Now the card would feature a wall of condos and huge hotels.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A successful turkey hunter in Fernandina Beach in 1949. This photo is from Literary Florida , May 1949. . . . . . . . . #Thanksgiving #Turkey #Hunt #Hunting ##FernandinaBeach Save
Swampy’s Sunday Services: First Methodist Church, Lakeland, about 1970.
This is the First Methodist Church of Lakeland as it was for a few decades. Recently massive construction is producing a whole new structure on the property. The postcard is not postmarked. Reading the history of the church on their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the first church built in Lake Worth, the First Congregational Church of the Pioneers. Built in 1912. This photo is from ‘Lake Worth: Jewel of the Gold Coast’ by Jonathan Koontz. https://amzn.to/3kiPdyV
Join the Palmetto Piano Club! $267 and a $400 grade piano is yours! 10 down! This ad raises lots of questions. What does something called ‘The Cable Company’ have to do with a piano club? Wondered also about Frank Chase.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A postcard of the Methodist church in Fort Myers. Unfortunately, there is no other information on the back of the postcard and the card is unmailed. If you know more about the church please post any memories below. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…