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, Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, WI, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

Pink flamingos stand on and around their mounded mud nests on a small island in a pond, with white waterfowl swimming behind them and a white chick in the foreground; flowering shrubs frame the scene at left and right. The caption names Hialeah Park in Miami, the race track opened in 1925 by Joseph Widener, whose infield became famous for its flock of flamingos — a colony that made the track a tourist attraction as much as a sporting venue. The card's coloring and texture place it in the mid-twentieth-century linen era.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Folks, Well here we are and I hope our card arrived. We got to Miami at 1:00 Wed. Feb. 10, went on a tour the afternoon to see the city. Its really a wonderful sight to see all the summer flowers blooming, its [illegible] would [illegible] to write love to all Grandma and [illegible] How is the baby, I guess [illegible] wonder

PublisherCurt Teich & 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

PostmarkedMiami, FL, February 11, 1953

Addressed to

Mr + Mrs Wm Steele

217 Walnut St, Oconomowoc, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked	February 11, 1953, Miami, FL
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, 217 Walnut St, Oconomowoc, WI
Place mentioned	Hialeah Race Course, Miami, FL
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
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. Divided-back Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card with printed flamingo text block; pencil message written sideways; light edge wear, corner creases and a scuff at the right edge by the stamp.

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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-1940-1930. Accessed October 24, 2026.