Postcard depicting unloading green turtles at Key West, Florida.
Subject Place
City
Key West
State/Province
Florida
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
County
Monroe
Collection
Postcard Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Postcard Details
Postcard Type
White Border (1915-1930)
Place Published
City
Milwaukee
State/Province
Wisconsin
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1925
Postmark
Date and Time of Postmark
December 23, 1929 1 PM
Postmark Place
City
Key West
State/Province
Florida
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
County
Monroe
Stamp
1 cent
Addressee
Name
Mr. Edmund Opel
Address
Street
1737 Browning Road
City
Delaware Gardens
State/Province
New Jersey
Primary Language
English
Transcription
Transcription
Dec. 22, 29 10:30 a.m. Temp 85 Key West
Arrived here yesterday after a dangerous ride onver the Keys. The first ride was 91 miles, then we took the ferry for 45 miles (5.50 it cost), then motored 45 more miles over the Keys to K.W. It seemed like a riding on a long narrow pier. I counted 22 bridges then stoped counting. K.W. has the longest railroad bridge in the world -- 40 miles & cost 55 millions. The cemetary here has the graves of the unknown dead & others fro the Spanish American War (Maine). The waves of the Florida Straights are like aquamarine -- a blue-green & clear as crystal. Beautiful flowers of all colors grow on the ocean bed & I have been wading around pulling them out. K.W. is a quaint, dirty town of Cubans & Spaniards. It is really an Island of White Corol (coral) 7 miles long 3 1/2 wide -- the longest street runs from the Florida Straights to the Gulf of Mexico. We sail tomorrow 8 a.m. on the "Governor Cobb" for Cuba -- Do write me at Miami. Lots of Love, Aunt Ethel. The cocoanuts we eat with a spoon like ice cream.
