A little piece of old Florida, made to hold the pictures you brought home.
This vintage “Snap Shots” souvenir photo album was made for visitors to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a warm brown cover decorated in a colorful tropical scene of a leaning palm tree, blue water, clouds and sunset colors. “Snap Shots” is lettered across the upper corner, with “Ft. Lauderdale Fla.” painted beneath the scene.
Souvenir albums like this were sold throughout American vacation destinations during the mid-20th century. Similar examples survive from Miami, Daytona Beach, Panama City, Mount Rushmore and other tourist towns, each customized with local scenery and place names. A closely related Miami example measures 5½ × 8 inches and features a leather cover with hand-painted palm-tree artwork, while Daytona examples use the same “Snap Shots” format and black interior photo pages.
Fort Lauderdale was becoming one of Florida’s best-known vacation destinations during this era, and albums like this were intended to turn a stack of vacation snapshots into a permanent souvenir. The wear to the cover now gives the piece another layer of history, particularly the staining and surface loss at the upper-right corner.
Vintage condition with visible age and use. The cover shows surface rubbing, discoloration, edge wear, marks and notable finish loss/staining at the upper-right corner. The painted tropical artwork and lettering remain vivid and readable. These imperfections are part of the actual piece and should remain visible in the listing photographs.
A little piece of old Florida, made to hold the pictures you brought home.
This vintage “Snap Shots” souvenir photo album was made for visitors to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a warm brown cover decorated in a colorful tropical scene of a leaning palm tree, blue water, clouds and sunset colors. “Snap Shots” is lettered across the upper corner, with “Ft. Lauderdale Fla.” painted beneath the scene.
Souvenir albums like this were sold throughout American vacation destinations during the mid-20th century. Similar examples survive from Miami, Daytona Beach, Panama City, Mount Rushmore and other tourist towns, each customized with local scenery and place names. A closely related Miami example measures 5½ × 8 inches and features a leather cover with hand-painted palm-tree artwork, while Daytona examples use the same “Snap Shots” format and black interior photo pages.
Fort Lauderdale was becoming one of Florida’s best-known vacation destinations during this era, and albums like this were intended to turn a stack of vacation snapshots into a permanent souvenir. The wear to the cover now gives the piece another layer of history, particularly the staining and surface loss at the upper-right corner.
Vintage condition with visible age and use. The cover shows surface rubbing, discoloration, edge wear, marks and notable finish loss/staining at the upper-right corner. The painted tropical artwork and lettering remain vivid and readable. These imperfections are part of the actual piece and should remain visible in the listing photographs.
