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Downtown Lake Wales on Park Avenue, 1940s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Monday.
on November 18, 2024
at 6:00 am
This is part of a larger fold-out package of Lake Wales images. There’s an address written that I can’t read of some where in Pennsylvania as if to mail, but no postmark exists on the package. This postcard is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With a giant picnic to celebrate, Swampy and the gang Have a Party with a Bear! You can learn more about Have A Party With Your Bear Day by clicking here: https://homeschoolpreschool.net/party-with-your-bear-day/ . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A bit of kindness to help two wary travelers across a tributary of the Peace River. You can learn more about World Kindness Day here: https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/the-kindness-blog/2961-make-kindness-the-norm . . . . . . . . . . . . #WorldKindnessDay #Kindness[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
50 years ago households dreamed of such furnishings advertised for television viewing. Rather astounding how tasteful & stylish additions to the home transform into the dull flat screen panel of plastic and screen nailed to walls today. The convoluted Wall[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Old Christ Church in the pioneer village in Downtown Pensacola. The structure was built in 1832. The interior looks as if the church is still active. In fact, the church has not been active for services since 1935.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday: Downtown St. Petersburg & The Vinoy, 1948.
on November 7, 2024
at 6:00 am
Downtown St. Petersburg during another Boom, post WW II. The area was thriving and would well into the ’60s.The strip of trees jutting off shore and into the water is what is better known today as the pier area. Hard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s Really Cool” declares the sign of an installation of the new-fangled air conditioner at the Golf Park Building restaurant in Miami in the 1920s or 30s. Seth Bramson, author of the book noted below, notes that the open doors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad appeared in the Miami News, January 16th, 1950. Notice the round trip to Key West – $6.25! For those too young to know: Greyhound stations were rather prominent in Downtown areas of cities all over Florida. Bus travel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva loves riding on trains! Model trains have always been popular in Florida since the wooden version appeared over a century ago. This was mostly due to the prevalence of trains wherever anyone lived in our state. Often trainspotting could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greetings from Largo in Pinellas County! – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
on November 4, 2024
at 6:00 am
#Postcard #FloridaPOstcard #Collectibles #Largo #LargoFlorida
The Shrine of La Leche, St. Augustine. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
on November 3, 2024
at 6:00 am
The Shrine of La Leche, St. Augustine. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services. This postcard doesn’t have a date on it. Well, that is except for the date of September 8th, 1565, which is when it is thought our country’s first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…