Here’s a scene just north of Sanford that looks a bit like this today. The woods on the right are thicker and the road has changed, too. Something that has changed a lot are the woods seen in the background.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard of the New River is part of a Fort Lauderdale souvenir folder. Those were usually made up of images already available as individual postcards. This one has a 1950 copyright stated. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card of the St. Johns River is part of a set that is unmarked but identified as coming from the 1880s. We’ve been featuring this set in the past few weeks. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an 1880s postcard of a steamship along the Ocklawaha River in Marion County. The person this was bought from is the one who tagged this and more in a set as being from the 1880s. There isn’t a postmark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s another of the 1880s postcards recently aded to the Swampy collection. It features Fort Mantanzas and a steamboat of the Ocklawaha River. Fort Matanzas has it’s name due to Spanish conquistador Menendez massacre of nearly an entire population of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we view the St. Johns River in 1972. This photo is from‘Florida’ by Bern and Franke Keating. You can get a copy of this 1972 coffee table size photo book of Florida by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3nchkTC This book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard must be from the 19-teens or 20s. Wonder what became of those little children? What are your favorite Florida river banks? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is from a Fort Lauderdale folding postcard pack that wasn’t mailed, but appears to be from the 1950s. This postcard packet is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . #Florida #Postcards #Postcards #Attractions #FloridaAttractions #Miami #MiamiFlorida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard must be from the 1920s or so. Wonder what became of those little children? (This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.)
A quieter portion of Swift Creek that makes it’s way to the Suwanee River. Photo from the Suwanee River hike I took earlier in February, 2016.
Photo from the Suwanee River hike I took last week.
Postmarked 1913 this postcard from somewhere near Lee County ended up in Brawley, California. The note on back is a sister not happy that she’s going to have to stay where they are in Florida for “a few more years’.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…