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Civic Center at night, Lakeland, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects
Squares & PlazasTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Civic Center at night, Lakeland, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Civic Center at night, Lakeland, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A night view of Lakeland's civic center, with a long low building behind a reflecting pool ringed by a balustrade and tall floodlight pylons; city buildings glow in the background beneath a moonlit, cloud-streaked sky. Lakeland, in Polk County, grew as a citrus-shipping center on the Florida peninsula and built civic improvements in the 1920s-30s, of which this landscaped municipal complex with its illuminated pool was a showpiece. The card's saturated night coloring is typical of the linen-era view cards of the late 1930s and 1940s.

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PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.
CIVIC CENTER AT NIGHT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA—13 --- This civic center is one of the most beauti- ful combinations of architecture and nature in any part of the country, erected at a cost of one million dollars, dedicated on July 4, 1928. Connected with it is a recreation park with facilities for most of the games that are familiar in Florida, including one of the few grass bowling greens in the South. 5056 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.
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PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.
Series13
ConditionVery good
Place depictedLakeland, FL
Place mentionedFlorida, FL
PublisherE. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; card number 13 printed at the end of the caption. No postmark — card is unused. Divided-back linen-texture card with white border; printed description of the Lakeland, Florida civic center (dedicated July 4, 1928) and E. C. Kropp Co. imprint. No damage beyond light age toning.

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Civic Center at night, Lakeland, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/civic-center-at-night-lakeland-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.