Cocoanut Palm, Florida, 1918

Subjects: Coastal Scenery Forests & Trees
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1918 (White Border)

Back of Cocoanut Palm, Florida, 1918, Mrs. A. Mc Fadden, NY, USA, c. 1918 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A tall coconut palm fills the foreground, its fronds and rough trunk set against a grassy shore and a body of water under a pale sky. The scene matches the card's caption, "Cocoanut Palm, Florida," and reflects the early 20th-century use of subtropical scenery to present Florida as a winter destination.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Lillie:- hope this will find you all well and having a good time no matter if it is rather winter to dark [illegible] day in after night and [illegible] every day last week every thing is beginning to bloom it is spring time next month the orange blossoms will [illegible] week warm and fine so far but [illegible] from no one to all from no one Sophia

PostmarkedFL, February 8, 1918

Addressed to

Mrs. A. Mc Fadden

Home Place Lexington-on-Hudson, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked	February 8, 1918, FL
Publisher	S. H. Kress & Co.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs. A. Mc Fadden, Home Place, Lexington-on-Hudson, NY
Place mentioned	Florida, FL
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen texture; vertical crease and surface wear; no white border. Postmark: FEB 8 1918 FLA. Divided-back card with 2c Washington stamp; heavy creasing, edge wear and soiling; message written sideways along the left edge.

Cite this card

Cocoanut Palm, Florida, 1918, postcard, c. 1918. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cocoanut-palm-florida-1918. Accessed November 2, 2026.