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Gandy Bridge spanning Tampa Bay, Florida

Subjects
AutomobilesBridges & DamsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Linen
Date
Postmarked December 23, 1926 (White Border)
Front of Gandy Bridge spanning Tampa Bay, Florida, 1926 linen postcard
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About this subject

View along the wooden Gandy Bridge, a long automobile toll bridge, spanning Tampa Bay, Florida. Several vintage cars travel the roadway at sunset, with water on both sides.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Ralph [illegible] mind of you dont care Most [illegible] bridges are [illegible] any [illegible] [illegible] 5 to 1 30 and that takes the pleasure out of traveling I wish you were here now with me. It isnt [illegible] nice to be alone, I like it here as well as any place I have been or [illegible] [illegible] going to stay. I am [illegible] R. L. Manhare Orlando P.S. [illegible] Fla. [illegible]

PublisherAsheville Post Card Co.
S-80. GANDY BRIDGE, THE LONGEST AUTOMOBILE TOLL BRIDGE IN THE WORLD (6 MILES LONG) SPANNING TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA 105340 --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. PUBLISHED BY ASHEVILLE POST CARD CO., ASHEVILLE, N.C. MADE IN U.S.A. T. AMERICAN ART COLORED BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA SERIES C.T. CO. CHICAGO
PostmarkedOrlando, FL, December 23, 1926, 17:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Ethelyn Fairbanks

509 Clinton St, Elmira, New York

Postcard record

Postmarked, Orlando, FL
SeriesS-80
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Ethelyn Fairbanks, 509 Clinton St, Elmira, NY
Place depictedGandy Bridge, FL
Place depictedTampa Bay, FL
PublisherAsheville, NC
Stamp2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
NotesWhite border; linen texture; printed number 105340 at lower right. Postmark: ORLANDO FLA. DEC 23 5 PM 1926. Divided-back 'T. American Art Colored' card (C.T. Co. Chicago), Beautiful Florida Series; white border, linen texture; light toning, edge/corner wear, faint pencil note at top.

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