This is from the cover of the 2004 ‘The Story of the Milton Depot’. It’s a 1994 photo of the depot after restoration. This photo is from ‘The Story of the Milton Depot’ book. You can purchase a copy by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Fontainebleau & Eden Roc, Miami Beach.
This unmailed postcard shows The Fontainebleu on the left and the Eden Roc on the right. The hotels had quite a rivalry back in the ’50s and still battle it out for customers today. Both hotels were designed by Morris[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Carriage Cavalcade at Silver Springs, 1960s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday.
A postcard with the image of a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540-K with “huge eight cylinder supercharged engine”. According to the back of the postcard, the King of Afghanistan bought this in 1937 for $40,000. It was at one time part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy takes to a hammock to take in a book.If not today, maybe this weekend, take some time to swing in a hammock and enjoy our outdoors! You can learn more about Hammock Day by clicking here:https://familyschool.org/public/spotlight/hammock-6…….>#HammockDay #NationalHammockDay #Hammocks #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1st United Methodist Church, Bradenton, 1949. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
Here’s the First United Methodist Church in Bradenton. The postcard is postmarked 1949 and mailed to Mrs. Ella Bates in Beloit, Wisconsin. The church is still there today. Click here to learn more about or to plan a visit.: Home[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday: Jumping at Cypress Gardens!
This is one of my favorite postcards. Love the action of the water skier coming off a ramp during a water ski show in Cypress Gardens. The water ski shows in Cypress Gardens were internatinally known throughout their run. Part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Hotel Windsor that once stood in Jacksonville. It was in the Heming Park area of Downtown.This postcard was mailed in 1947 from Lew to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Johnson in Flora, Illinois. Sadly this building was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The First Assembly of God began in Bagdad, very near Milton in the Panhandle, by a group calling itself the “Sanctified People” in the 1920s. The church moved a bit to another site in 1927 in a new building. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby becomes well aware of sharks. You can learn more about Shark Awareness Day by clicking here: http://www.oceanfutures.org/news/blog/national-shark-awareness-day . . . . . . . . . #SharkAwarenessDay #NationalSharkAwarenessDay #Sharks #Florida #Celebrate #Happy #DailyCartoon #Celebration #daily #cartoon #Fish #Aquatics #Ocean[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A fine illustration of the Jacksonville Tampa and Key West Railway Depot at Seville from a copy of the 1880 ‘Florida! It’s Climate, Productions and Characteristics.’ You can purchase your own copy of ‘ Florida, Its Climate, Productions, and Characteristics’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard mailed in 1972 is of the east garden of the Kapok Tree Inn in Clearwater. The giant statuary holding the ferns is the ‘Three Graces’. The statue is of German origin from sometime in the 1700s. The postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the theater card for the Clay Theater in Green Cove Springs for the week beginning July 12th, 1959! There have been efforts to reopen the Clay Theater in Green Cove Springs, but those haven’t worked so far. Speaking to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…