Jackie Gleason and his new home in Miami Beach in 1964: the Miami Civic Auditorium, later renamed The Jackie Gleason Theater. From ‘How Sweet It Is – The Jackie Gleason Story’ by James Bacon. Click here if you would like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the Hair Design Studio in Coral Gables! This is where a “M. Josef”, as stated on the back of the postcard, is the “Master of the Art of Beauty” and will “Unmask the beauty that is yours”. Can’t beat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At the wheel of his delivery truck is B.B. Hawkins, the first distributor of Coca Cola in Fort Myers. Apparently he also sold Cherokee Ginger Ale. The child sitting beside him is his son, who took over after B.B.’s death. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a place many in Coral Gables and southern Miami learned how to swim. It is right in the midst of a residential neighborhood and has always been a highlight of Coral Gables. It is still open today and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the old entry way to the Daytona Beach Casino in this undated postcard. As you can see there was once a far more carnival atmosphere along the beach way. There’s still evidence of that if you look at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I nabbed this off the website mentioned below and don’t know when this sign came down or if someone even kept it. There were signs like this all over Florida with just the insertion of a different location into where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Howard Johnson’s restaurants are long gone, but the hotels live on! The restaurant buildings can be found all over the state. The orange and teal still on some. Here’s an advertisement from today, March 4th, 1980, that was in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Graham Creek on the lower Apalachicola River, solidly lined with tupelos.” This photo is from ‘The Watery Wilderness of Apalach, Florida’ by Betty M. Watts, 1975. You can get your own copy of this book that examines the lifestyles of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This advertisement is from the Daytona Beach Morning Journal, February 25th, 1956.
Do you have memories of Farm Stores? Place yours in the comments! Farm Stores is another Florida born and raised company and still with us today. Since 1957 Farm Stores was known for the large spotted cow that was always[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad is from February 11th, 1969 for Miracle Strip Freezer Meats in Fort Walton Beach. The advertisement appeared in the Playground Daily News. Miracle Strip Freezer Meats was, at one time, on Miracle Strip Boulevard, which is the street[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
90 years ago today this advertisement appeared in the Palm Beach Post today. You can still buy a Frigidaire…just not a new model like this!