Flamingos and nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects: Birds Wildlife
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Flamingos and nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

Pink flamingos stand on and around their mounded mud nests on a small island, with white waterfowl and a pale chick in the foreground and a pond and grassy bank behind. The caption names the scene as the flamingo colony at Hialeah Park in Miami. Hialeah Park race track, opened in 1925, was famous for the large flock of flamingos kept on its infield lake, a spectacle that became a symbol of the resort-era Miami area.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Here is the baby, I just wonder t wonder Dear Folks, Well here we are in our car and got to Miami at 10:30 Wed. We went on a tour this Feb. 11, went on a tour this afternoon to see the city. Its really wonderful here all the autumn flowers are blooming, its almost warm enough to write Feb. 12, and have been to see the flamingos as we did at the zoo

PublisherGulf Stream Card & Distributing Co.

Flamingos and Nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, Fla. --- The unique feature of Hialeah Race Course is its great flock of flamingos. These birds were imported from Cuba and South America and in 1939 for the first time, flamingos were raised to maturity in this country. That first season 62 birds were hatched at Hialeah and this year there were almost one hundred. The young birds are white and take on their rich coloring with maturity. Flamingos are fed a mixture of boiled rice, dried shredded shrimp, grains and cod liver oil. D. C. 51—GULF STREAM CARD & DISTRIBUTING CO., MIAMI, FLORIDA GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD

PostmarkedMiami, FL, February 11, 1953, 14:00

Addressed to

Mr + Mrs Wm Steele

217 Walnut St, Oconomowoc, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked	February 11, 1953, 14:00, Miami, FL
Publisher	Gulf Stream Card & Distributing Co.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, 217 Walnut St, Oconomowoc, WI
Place depicted	Hialeah Park, Miami, FL
Place mentioned	Hialeah Race Course, Hialeah, FL
Stamp	2c John Adams, red
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a narrow white border; light edge and corner wear, small nick at top edge. Postmark: MIAMI, FLA. FEB 11 2-M 1953. Linen-textured divided-back Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card with printed Hialeah flamingo text; light edge wear and a small corner crease at upper right.

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Flamingos and nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/flamingos-and-nests-at-hialeah-park-miami-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.