It’s Blue Springs near Orange City. If you look close, you”ll spot a set of ladies walking along the water’s edge. Lawyers have curtailed such activities by the springs these days. The postcard is postmarked from 105 years ago, February[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Gator Lagoon at Homosassa Springs! – Swampy’s #Florida Postcards.
This unmarked postcard looks to be from around 1970. The location is the fantastic Homosassa Springs, a location to visit if you haven’t. Click here to learn more: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/ellie-schiller-homosassa-springs-wildlife-state-park This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fleet’s in in Tarpon Springs in this 1940s postcard. This is Dodecanese Boulevard that ribbons through the heart of Tarpon Springs. The road is still there but with asphalt on it. That angle the angled parking is now gone.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Homosassa Springs Map, 1970s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcard Thursday.
This card looks to be from around 1970 of Homosassa Springs. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Postcards #FloridaPostcards #Collectibles #History #FloridaHistory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard Saturday: Sanlando Springs – Nature’s Fairyland, 1950s.
First! This park is not only not in Orlando, but not even in the same county!! Sanlando Springs is in unincorporated Seminole County in between Longwood to the east and Altamonte Springs to the south. Sanlando Springs was a very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looks like The Creature is either at Silver Springs or Wakulla Springs striking a pose of another dweller of Florida, The Great One, Jackie Gleason who would soon make his mark “Live from Miami Beach!…” This photo popped up in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Sulpher Springs Slide, Tampa.
This is back when Sulphur Springs was a tourist attraction. The Sulphur Springs area was the magnet for tourists back in the 1920s. There was a hotel, this slide, a movie theater, etc. It ended as the boom ended. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a road trip to Jacksonville yesterday, I am a bit behind. have a lot to post today. Setting that aside to post this terrific photo by Swampy’s friend Patricia Bell of Warm Mineral Springs. Love their new chairs and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Rainbow Springs
The submarine looking boat was actually a glass bottom boat that once roamed the Rainbow River from Rainbow Springs years ago.
Swampy’s Friend’s Photos: Today on the Wakulla River
Swampy’s friend Susan Green is at the Wakulla Springs Lodge and took this photo of the tour boat taking off into the river for one of it’s fantastic trips earlier today. She and her husband were fortunate to take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Ferry on the Ocklawaha River.
It’s the Grahamville ready to take passengers across the Ocklwaha River. The community of Grahamville is now gone from signs and maps. The area is along the Ocklawaha River and Salt Springs Highway in Marion County northeast of Silver Springs.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Tarpon Zoo, 1970s.
This is the old Tarpon Zoo that was in Tarpon Springs. The background of the zoo can be found by clicking here.