Gulfport Beach

Postcard

Gulfport History Museum

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Name/Title

Gulfport Beach

Entry/Object ID

2024.0.69

Description

A color photochrome postcard of Gulfport Beach with the Gulfport Casino in the background. There is a lifeguard on duty sitting on a lifeguard chair under an umbrella. Beachgoers are sitting in the sand and standing in the waters of Boca Ciega Bay. Trees surround the beach and Casino.

Subject

Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.), Beaches--Florida--Gulfport, Tourism, Swimming

Subject Place

City

Gulfport, FL

Collection

Postcard Collection

Cataloged By

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Unknown

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Photochrome (1930-Present)

Publisher

Sun News Co.

Place Published

City

St. Petersburg, FL

Date Published

1950 - 1962

Printer

Curt Teich & Co.

Place Printed

City

Chicago, IL

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

APR 20 1962 12:30 PM

Postmark Place

City

Key West, FL

Stamp

1954 3c Statue of Liberty, Purple

Addressee

Name

Mr & Mrs C. Oliver

Notes

CURTEICHCOLOR

Transcription

$4.00 / Hi - Down here / for Easter - perfect / weather. My uncle / lives one block from / here. Spent 3 days / here on our way / to Miami / Fred Ruth & Eileen GULFPORT FLORIDA, ON BOCA CIEGA BAY / SHOWING CASINO AND FISHING PIER

Transcriber

MV, MC

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

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