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Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects
Bathing & Beach ResortsBeaches & Coastlines
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, Mr. Lee Collins, NH, USA, c. 1915 linen postcard
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Back of Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, Mr. Lee Collins, NH, USA, c. 1915 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks down on the Daytona Beach band shell, a tan masonry shell with a great central arch flanked by towers, fronted by broad curving rows of wooden benches and set between an oceanfront street and the wide beach. Bathers, beach umbrellas and parked cars line the sand, with a tall red-roofed hotel and other buildings of the town behind. The Daytona Beach Bandshell was built in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project and remains a landmark of the city's oceanfront park, used for concerts and community events.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

April 14, 1962 Dear Lee, Having enjoyed the flight down very much. The weather was very beautiful all the way. We arrived here at the airport at about 4:30 in the afternoon and will write to you from Uncle Clemens.

PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co.
Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida --- Beautiful Daytona Beach is one of the most famous beaches in the world. It provides some of the safest and best bathing facilities on the Atlantic Coast and daily the beach is thronged with those enjoying the sun and surf. PUB. BY SOUTHERN CARD & NOVELTY CO., HOLLY HILL, FLA. TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS. POST CARD
PostmarkedDaytona Beach, FL, April 14, 1962, 09:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. Lee Collins

Georges Mills, NH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Daytona Beach, FL
PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co.
Series7
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr. Lee Collins, Georges Mills, NH
PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co., Holly Hill, FL
Stamp3c Statue of Liberty, purple
NotesLinen-textured stock with a thin white border; small printed number "7" at upper right. Postmark: DAYTONA BEACH FLA. APR 14 9 30 AM 1962, with slogan cancel LAW DAY U.S.A. / FREEDOM UNDER THE LAW / MAY 1. Divided-back chrome-era card, 3¢ Liberty stamp, Tichnor / Southern Card & Novelty imprint; light toning and minor edge wear.

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Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/band-shell-and-ocean-front-daytona-beach-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.