Azalea garden and palms, Florida, circa 1940

About this postcard

A lush Florida garden bed of red, white and pink azaleas in full bloom, framed by tall palms and dense green shrubbery, with a red-roofed white building glimpsed among the trees and a pale blue sky above. Azaleas, along with palms and citrus, were among the signature plantings promoted to northern tourists in early-20th-century Florida, and scenes like this were standard souvenir-card fare for the state's winter resorts and roadside gardens.