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Cypress Trees and Knees, Florida Cypress Gardens, Florida, circa 1940s

Subjects
Forests & TreesGardensLakes & Ponds
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Cypress Trees and Knees, Florida Cypress Gardens, Florida, circa 1940s, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Cypress Trees and Knees, Florida Cypress Gardens, Florida, circa 1940s, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this subject

A view across a lake of tall bald cypress trees draped in Spanish moss, their knobby knees rising from the blue water. A bank of pink and red flowers fills the foreground, with an orange sunset sky behind the tree line.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Mom - The winter is going fast we will probably stay through March. It's been nice having the Dillings and so many cousins from home. Also Aunt [illegible] from Last Sunday was home to see the family

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
Cypress Trees and Knees In Florida Cypress Gardens --- Giant Cypress Trees with their fantastic gnarled knees grow far into the waters of Lake Eloise at the Florida Cypress Gardens forming a natural background for the brilliant azaleas blooming along the banks of the lake and through the Gardens 250,F—TROPICAL FLORIDA SERIES GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
PostmarkedWaltham, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Bessie Noyes

Mount, Maine

Postcard record

PostmarkedWaltham, MA
ConditionVery good
Place addressedBessie Noyes, Mount, ME
Place depictedCypress Gardens, FL
PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp2c Thomas Jefferson, red
NotesLinen-textured stock with vivid color; white border not present; caption printed in white at lower left. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. FEB 24 7:30 AM (final year digit illegible). Slogan cancel: NEW HOPE FOR HEARTS / SUPPORT / THE HEART FUND. Divided-back linen card with Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" imprint; 2c Jefferson stamp. Light edge wear, no stamp box marks.

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Cypress Trees and Knees, Florida Cypress Gardens, Florida, circa 1940s, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cypress-trees-and-knees-florida-cypress-gardens-florida-circ. Accessed October 5, 2026.