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Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasHotels & Inns
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida, circa 1940, E. S. Smith, OH, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
Front
Back of Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida, circa 1940, E. S. Smith, OH, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
Back

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

Just got back from Clearwater last night. I am sorry I didn't see you home one is really called on Mr. & Mrs. the Miller guest to dine on Good Fri night to Eustis next week from there might be home I think

PublisherSun News Co.
C-19 — Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Fla. 1B-H1323 --- POST CARD GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) SUN NEWS CO., ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.
PostmarkedOrlando, FL, January 29, 1959, 16:00
Stamp
Addressed to
E. S. Smith

Nora, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Orlando, FL
PublisherSun News Co.
SeriesC-19
ConditionVery good
Place addressedE. S. Smith, Nora, OH
PublisherSun News Co., St. Petersburg, FL
Stamp3c Statue of Liberty, purple
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, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/belleview-biltmore-hotel-belleair-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.