Airplane view of Winter Haven, FL, and its lakes, circa 1943

Subjects: Aerial Views & Panoramas Lakes & Ponds Town & City Views
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1943 (Linen)

Back of Airplane view of Winter Haven, FL, and its lakes, circa 1943, Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, WI, USA, c. 1943 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

An airplane view looks down on the small central Florida town of Winter Haven, its grid of streets and low buildings set among dense green groves, with several large, irregular lakes ringed by woods spread across the background. The card's own caption names it as an airplane view of Winter Haven, Fla. and some of the numerous lakes. Winter Haven, in Polk County, grew up among a chain of more than fifty named lakes and became a citrus-growing and resort center; the surrounding groves visible here reflect that industry.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Feb. 18. Here we are at Clearwater on the west coast. Got our valentine mail which was forwarded from Miami were ever so glad to get it. Are staying here this week would sooner spend the time over on the east coast. Will leave again for the east coast next week on our way home. The citrus orchards are sure wonderful some trees still loaded with fruit and full of buds again ready to open. Lake Wales and Winter Haven are right in the biggest citrus district. Gibsons want ed to visit them once more before we go home. Also John Wendt from Boltonville wants to show us a celery[?] machine harvester that employs 65 men does every thing, one operation. Brother + Ed.

PostmarkedFL

Addressed to

Mr + Mrs Wm Steele

217 Walnut St. Ocononowoc, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked	FL
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Series	121498-N
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, 217 Walnut St., Ocononowoc, WI
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
Stamp	2c John Adams, issued 1938
Notes	White border; visible halftone dot screen; publisher-style number 121498-N printed at lower right. Postmark: WINTER HAVEN, FLA., FEB 18, 4:30 PM, 19[?]3 (year partly illegible). Curt Teich linen-era card with 2¢ John Adams stamp (1938+). Divided back, white border, linen texture. Light edge wear.

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Airplane view of Winter Haven, FL, and its lakes, circa 1943, postcard, c. 1943. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/airplane-view-of-winter-haven-fl-and-its-lakes-circa-1943. Accessed November 3, 2026.