Cypress Gardens

Aerial Scene of Florida's fabulous Cypress Gardens.

Bananarama

Banana In Bloom

This interesting picture shows a beautiful bloom, and how the banana grows on the tree.

Banana tree growing in Florida.  Note how bananas grow upwards.

Deland, Florida

Quality Inn - Deland

I-4 (S.R.44)

Deland, Florida 32720

Conveniently located on SR44 & I-4

Between Daytona Beach & Orlando

 

Dania Jai-Lai Fronton

The beautiful new Dania Jai-Lai Fronton.

One of the showplaces of South Florida.

Miami, Florida

Seven Seas Dreamboat

See and ride the world's largest passenger motorboat.

Miami's Most Complete Sightseeing Water Tour.

Daily sailing time:  10:30 A.M. - 2 P.M.

Pier 10 - City Yacht Basin

Miami, Florida

Phone:  FR 4+2491

The Fontainebleau

The Fontainebleau

America's largest and finest resort-hotel, cabana and yacht club, on the former Firestone estate...a masterpiece of design, air-conditioned comfort, and hospitality supreme.

Oceanfront, 44th to 47th Streets

Miami Beach, Florida

Open All Year

Florida 1956

These pictures were taken at an unknown Florida attraction in late December 1955 or early January 1956. 

A Trip To St. Augustine

Today's post features some vintage photos from December 1940-January 1941 of a trip to St. Augustine.

In the yard at rear of the oldest house in U.S. at St. Augustine, Florida - Taken January 1, 1941

Kapok Tree Inn - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Sunflower Room outside patio, creates a European style garden complete with statuary and fountains.

Chrighton's Restaurant - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Chrighton's Restaurant

View of Our Beautiful Gazebo Room

Sunrise Boulevard and Intracoastal Waterway

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304

Million dollar antique display.  Open daily all year.  Four dining rooms. The Sevres, the Venetian, the Gazebo and the Cybis Room serve continuously from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.  Ample parking for yachts or automobiles.  Service is excellent.  One of the finest restaurants in America.  All the food is good and the "World's Best Apple Pie" is served.  Cocktails are recommended in our Fantasy Lounge.

Southern style cooking.  All foods prepared and cooked in our own kitchen.  Hot rolls and pastry made in our own bake shop.  Unusually large variety of foods to choose froml.

Lunch:  $1.45 - $3.50.  Dinner:  $2.75 - $4.50.  Recommended by everybody as America's showplace.

Kapok Tree Inn - Clearwater, Florida

The Red Lounge features French love seats complimented by statuary and old Italian prints made into wall panelling.

Fountainebleau Hotel - Miami Beach, Florida

The Fountainebleau

America's largest and finest resort-hotel, cabana and yacht club, on the former Firestone estate... a masterpiece of design, air-conditioned comfort, and hospitality supreme.

Oceanfront, 44th to 47th Streets

Miami Beach, Florida

Open All Year

The World's Most Famous Beach

Daytona Beach, Florida

Blue skies, white sand, and the Boardwalk as seen from the beautiful Ocean Front Park.

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Bok Tower

Florida's Majestic Singing Tower

The Mountain Lake Singing Tower is located near Lake Wales, on the highest land in Florida, and it is surrounded by 48 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds - The Sanctuary.

The Sun Dial which is found on the South Side of Florida's Beautiful Singing Tower.  The Inscription reads "This Singing Tower with its adjacent sanctuary was dedicated and presented for visitation to the American people by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, February the First, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine.

Great North Door of Singing Tower

Mountain Lake Sanctuary

Lake Wales, Florida

Marble steps lead to the huge door of hand hammered brass.  This door is composed of twenty-six separate pictures, depicting in brass repousse the Genesis story of the Creation, up to the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

Poinsettias

Greetings from Florida

The Senator - Longwood, Florida

After checking out these vintage postcards see some pictures I took of the Senator here.

The "Senator"

The Big Cypress Tree located on U.S. Highways 17 and 92 midway between Orlando and Sanford, Florida.  The oldest and largest Cypress tree in the World, the largest tree east of the Rockies.  height before 1926 hurricane 165 ft. - now 127 ft., Diameter 17ft., circumference 54 ft.  Over 3,500 years old.  Forestry Dept. use instrument called "Increment Borer" to accurately determine age.  The Seminole Indians and early traders used it as a landmark.

The Big Cypress Tree located on U.S. Highways 17 and 92 midway between Orlando and Sanford, Florida. The oldest and largest Cypress tree in the World, the largest tree east of the Rockies. height before 1926 hurricane 165 ft. - now 127 ft., Diameter 17ft., circumference 54 ft. Over 3,500 years old. Forestry Dept. use instrument called "Increment Borer" to accurately determine age. The Seminole Indians and early traders used it as a landmark.

Aloha Motel - Miami, Florida

Aloha Motel

7500 Biscayne Blvd.  U.S. 1  Miami, Florida

Private Pool.  Free TV in Rooms.  Air Conditioned and Heated.  Cocktail Lounge.  Coffee Shop.  Sound Proofed Rooms.  Free Parking on Premises.  Telephone in Each Room.  Phone PL 7-0616.

Cinderella Castle

Today a couple of Walt Disney World Postcards from the 70's and early 80's.

Cinderella Castle - Fantasyland

Glowing warmly at twilight, Cinderella Castle towers 18 stories abote the "happiest land of them all:...Fantasyland.  High inside the castle, guests dine in royal splendor in King Stefan's Banquet Hall.

Cinderella Castle

Beautiful Cinderella Castle, with spires reaching to the sky, marks the gateway to the happiest land of them all...Fantasyland.

Cinderella Castle - Fantasyland

Evening sets on towering Cinderella Castle, gateway to "the happiest land of them all"...Fantasyland.  High inside the castle, guests dine in royal spendor in King Stefan's Banquet Hall.

"Fantasy In The Sky" Fireworks

The sky over the Magic Kingdom's Cinderella Castle explodes with color in a nightly Disney tradition.  The castle, towering 18 stories high, forms the gateway to "the happiest land of all"...Fantasyland.

King Stefan's Banquet Hall

One of the most talked about dining experiences at Walt Disney World is dining in the medieval splendor of King Stefan's Banquet Hall.  Located high up in Cinderella Castle, King Stefan's Banquet Hall is a masterpiece of period decor - a feast for the eyes as well as the appetite.

Cypress Gardens

Sundial

Guests marvel at the 42 ton horizontal sundial sculptured by Florida Cypress Gardens' artist, Attilio Puglise.

Cypress gardens' new stadium and photo pier where one can enjoy the fabulous water ski show 4 times daily.