A view down the roadway of the Gandy Bridge, with white wooden railings and a line of lamp posts receding toward the low shoreline across open water. A single red automobile approaches.
The bridge, named for promoter George Shepard Gandy, opened in 1924 as a privately built toll span and gave motorists the first direct roadway link across Tampa Bay between Tampa and St. Petersburg. The caption describes the span as six miles long and notes that fishing from boats along it was popular.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Here we are in Florida
1350 miles. Quite a change from
12 above at Chicago to 86 down
here. Got a cold and my cough
back. That don't feel so good
in the heat. There are so many
cars down here that you
can't hardly find a place to
park. Were to Clearwater beach
on the gulf of Mexico this after-
noon and to church in the
forenoon. So tomorrow they
want to take us out to see a
lot of oranges & grapefruit. Mother & Dad
PostmarkedST. PETERSBURG, February 13, 1953, 15:30
Linen-textured stock with a narrow white border; card number 75 printed before the caption; light wear at corners.
Postmark: ST. PETERSBURG FLA FEB 13 3:30 PM 1953. Divided-back Curt Teich "C.T. Art Colortone" card with 2¢ John Adams stamp; printed Defense Bond slogan with flag-stripe rules in the stamp corner; light soiling, edge and corner wear.
Cite this card
Gandy Bridge between Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL, 1953, postcard, c. 1953. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/gandy-bridge-between-tampa-and-st-petersburg-fl-1953. Accessed November 2, 2026.
