A single canoe with a paddler glides down the still, blue-green water of the Suwannee River, framed by dense cypress and hardwood growth draped with long Spanish moss. The printed caption names the scene as "The Tranquil Suwannee River, Florida." The Suwannee rises in the Okefenokee Swamp of Georgia and runs some 240 miles through northern Florida to the Gulf of Mexico, long celebrated in song and popularized as a scenic, spring-fed river of the Deep South.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
This is the famous Suwannee River. Isn't it beautiful ?
I haven't seen it as yet.
Am having a wonderful
winter and bringing a lot of beautiful photos.
Come up when I get home and I'll tell you
about my travels. Best wishes
for the New Year. Sincerely,
[illegible]
Linen-textured stock with a thin white border; printed card number "8A-H262" at lower left.
Postmark: ORLANDO FLA JAN 14 3 PM 1950. Divided-back linen card with 1¢ green Washington stamp; printed "MADE IN U.S.A." and Asheville Post Card Co. no. 43072; light edge wear, small pencil "10" at right.
Cite this card
Canoe on the Suwannee River, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/canoe-on-the-suwannee-river-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.
