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Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, FL, 1959

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasHotels & Inns
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1959 (Chrome)
Front of Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, FL, 1959, E. L. Smith, OH, USA, c. 1959 linen postcard
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Back of Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, FL, 1959, E. L. Smith, OH, USA, c. 1959 linen postcard
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About this postcard

Aerial view of the sprawling white Belleview Biltmore Hotel and its outbuildings, set among lawns, winding drives and flowering trees on a bluff above the blue waters of Clearwater Bay, with a long green point of land stretching out at right. The Belleview Biltmore opened in 1897 as a winter resort built by railroad and hotel magnate Henry B. Plant, and its rambling Shingle Style wooden structure was long cited as the largest occupied wooden building in the world. It closed in 2009 and, after years of preservation battles, most of it was demolished in 2015.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Just got back from Clearwater last night. Sonny Schultz new home sure is swell. Called on Mr. & Mrs. Geo Schlee guest to dine on Cook Rd will go to Eustis next week then there might head home? Gus

PublisherSun News Co.
Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Fla.
PostmarkedOrlando, FL, January 29, 1959, 16:00
Stamp
Addressed to
E. L. Smith

Nova, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Orlando, FL
PublisherSun News Co.
SeriesC-19 1B-H1323
ConditionVery good
Place addressedE. L. Smith, Nova, OH
PublisherSun News Co., St. Petersburg, FL
Stamp3c Statue of Liberty, purple, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a thin white border; Curt Teich production code "1B-H1323" (1940s) at lower right and job number "C-19" at upper left. Slight wear at corners and edges. Postmark: ORLANDO FLA. JAN 29 1959 4 PM. Divided-back Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" linen-era card; light edge wear and a small stain near the stamp.

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Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, FL, 1959, postcard, c. 1959. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/belleview-biltmore-hotel-belleair-fl-1959. Accessed November 2, 2026.