Back when Downtowns were downtowns.NONE of this exists anymore as seen here. This was once a thriving community. Today the area is cluttered with typical municipal government ‘traffic calmers’. That is medians down the center of the road with trees[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Clearwater Florida
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: The Towel Shoppe, Clearwater, 1963.
Where can you buy towels by the pound these days? The info on the back says it was on US 19, 4 miles north of Clearwater. There’s only a P.O. Box given in Dunedin. I’m not sure if this would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sparkling Clearwater Beach, 1960s.
This postcard of Clearwater Beach is not postmarked, though it appears to me to be from about the late 1960s. What do you all think? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . #POstcards[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The congregation formed the church in 1866. The building above was built in 1923 and was used until the church moved in 2005 and became Calvary Church. You can learn more about the church, it’s new location and more by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Clearwater Federal Savings in Largo, 1960s.
Here’s an undated postcard of the Clearwater Federal Savings building in Largo. This is amongst the many, many, many independent banks now gobbled up by the international banking system. Just by seeing the current view of the building available using[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Matches: Florida Bank of Commerce, Clearwater.
Here’s a matchbook from the old Florida Bank of Commerce in Clearwater from the 1970s. Today there is another set of banks with the same name but unrelated in Central Florida. New banks will often pick up names of other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…