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Cypress Gardens and the Singing Tower, Florida, 1941

Subjects
BirdsGardensHistoric Towers
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1941 (Linen)
Front of Cypress Gardens and the Singing Tower, Florida, 1941, Lake Wales, FL, USA, c. 1941 linen postcard
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Back of Cypress Gardens and the Singing Tower, Florida, 1941, Lake Wales, FL, USA, c. 1941 linen postcard
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About this postcard

Moss-draped cypress and palms frame a small arched bridge over a reflecting pool and flower beds at Florida Cypress Gardens, while the tall brick and tile Singing Tower rises above flowering shrubs and a pond with flamingos. The tower is the Singing Tower at Lake Wales, completed in 1929 as a carillon tower in a botanical garden. Cypress Gardens opened near Winter Haven in 1936 as a botanical garden and became one of central Florida's early tourist attractions. A poem by Hilda Towse, "Happiness in Florida," celebrates the state's sunshine and the happiness visitors find there.

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PublisherCurteich-Chicago
FLORIDA CYPRESS GARDENS THE SINGING TOWER HAPPINESS IN FLORIDA THERE IS HAPPINESS IN FLORIDA YOU FIND IT EVERYWHERE, IT SEEMS TO FLOW AROUND YOU LIKE SUNSHINE IN THE AIR. I DO NOT KNOW FROM WHENCE IT COMES, BUT THIS I SURELY KNOW, IN FLORIDA, TRUE HAPPINESS I FIND WHERE'ER I GO. HILDA TOWSE
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Postcard record

PublisherCurteich-Chicago
Series271-F—TROPICAL FLORIDA SERIES
ConditionVery good
Place depictedThe Singing Tower, Lake Wales, FL
Place depictedFlorida Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven, FL
Place mentionedFlorida, FL
PublisherCurteich-Chicago, Chicago, IL
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible cross-hatch grain; two-panel split design with central poem; no white border. No postmark. Divided-back linen card with Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" imprint, 271-F Tropical Florida Series. Pencil dealer mark "112" over "2.00" at top. No stamp, no address, no message.

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Cypress Gardens and the Singing Tower, Florida, 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cypress-gardens-and-the-singing-tower-florida-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.