This the Jadrievic store in Pensacola, 1890s. It obviously had men’s clothing. The store also catered to the male taste with an appropriate saloon, too. This photo is from ‘Pensacola – The Deep Water City’ byLucious & Linda Ellsworth.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1972 was the last time a presidential convention has happened in Florida. By happenstance, both the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention met in Miami Beach a few weeks from each other. It has, so far, been the last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the Platt Street Bridge is a view of Downtown Tampa. Below the bridge is the Hillsborough River. Practically everything in view here is gone now. There is no date on this postcard, but guesstimating from the structures that this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A young lady and a baby gator! this 1896 is not an unusual site as tourists visiting Florida saw these little fellows as not much different than a lizard. They would buy them and carry them around in a cigar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was August 26th, 1992 when folks in South Florida came out of a long night to see the destruction Hurricane Andrew had caused. Here are just a few photos. Below is a neighborhood after Andrew. It was an upside[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a hurricane fashion pose after a hurricane in Fort Lauderdale in 1947. Photo is from ‘Florida’s Hurricane History’ by Jay Barnes. You can purchase a copy of the book yourself by clicking here or below.
On Friday, August 24th, a marker to the television series ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ was unveiled at Lori Wilson Park off A1A in Cocoa Beach. The commemoration was to recognize the the popular TV series took place in Cocoa Beach,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nail Armstrong died today. He was 82 and died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. Armstrong was selected to take a ride to the moon on Apollo 11 in December 1968. After that there was rigorous training. Above is a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy along Falling Creek in Falling Creek Falls Park. The park is in Columbia County in North Florida. The park is 204 acres and includes one of Florida’s few waterfalls. Click here for more information about Falling Creek Falls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Peter Updike sent along this photo to share of someone crossing the road to get to the other side. Peter took this shot “while bike riding in the Half Moon WMA, what a thrill. Gator Country!”
Here are two views of Ridegwood Avenue in Daytona Beach. The top one is from 1950. The bottom one is from one year later in 1951. These photos being an example of the drive to build roads in Florida in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As this is written The Garden Cafeteria in St. Petersburg is being demolished. The building was designed buy St. Petersburg’s first architects and for 40 years had the restaurant shown in the postcard above. Later the building was known as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…