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

Subjects
Bathing & Beach ResortsBeaches & Coastlines
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A view looking down on the Daytona Beach band shell, a large open-air amphitheater with a tall arched proscenium flanked by towers and rows of wooden benches, set between the beach and the oceanfront street. Beyond it stretch the wide hard-packed sands of Daytona Beach, dotted with bathers, beach umbrellas and parked cars, with the Atlantic surf rolling in at right and a cluster of Mediterranean-style hotels and houses at left. The Daytona Beach Bandshell was built in the mid-1930s as a Works Progress Administration project and remains a landmark of the city's oceanfront. The printed number "7" appears in the upper right corner.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

April 14, 1962 Dear Lee Having enjoyed the flight very much. The weather was fine we traveled the Augusta and we arrived here the afternoon at 4 o'clock in the ocean with lots of love to you Fred 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 surf and surf. PUB. BY SOUTHERN CARD & NOVELTY CO., HOLLY HILL, FLA. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS. POST CARD
PostmarkedApril 14, 1962, 09:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. Lee Collins

George Mills, NH

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co.
Series7
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr. Lee Collins, George Mills, NH
Place depictedDaytona Beach, FL
PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co., Holly Hill, FL
Stamp3c Statue of Liberty, purple
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; image runs to the edge with no 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/linen era card with 3¢ Liberty stamp; light edge wear and slight toning.

Cite this card

Band Shell and Ocean Front, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/band-shell-and-ocean-front-daytona-beach-florida-circa-1940-1930. Accessed October 24, 2026.