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Glass bottom boats at Silver Springs, Florida, circa 1955

Subjects
Rivers & StreamsShips & Boats
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of Glass bottom boats at Silver Springs, Florida, circa 1955, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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Back of Glass bottom boats at Silver Springs, Florida, circa 1955, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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About this subject

A view across the clear blue water of Silver Springs, Florida, where several white glass-bottomed excursion boats are moored along a long low pavilion. A leaning palm trunk arcs over the water in the foreground, with a walkway and masses of pink flowering shrubs at right.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Mark: It finally has gotten warmer here It was 81° yesterday and 72° already this morning. We plan to start home the 15th of mar. We are going by Chattanooga to see Bunni for that week-end. Love Grandma & Granddaddy

PublisherKoppel Color Cards
Famous Silver Springs GLASS BOTTOMED BOATS CB --- The "Lucky Palm" is a land mark at Florida's beautiful Silver Springs. Handsome new buildings and Glass Bottom Boats are seen in the background. POST CARD Address Florida Natural Color, Inc., 2652 N.E. 79th St., Miami, Fla. 33163 Koppel Color Cards, HAWTHORNE, N.J. PG-78 30304
Stamp
Addressed to
Mark Elmore

25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, Mich. 48125

Postcard record

ConditionVery good
Place addressedMark Elmore, 25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI
Place depictedSilver Springs, FL
Place mentionedSilver Springs, FL
Place mentionedFlorida Natural Color, Inc., Miami, FL
PublisherKoppel Color Cards, Hawthorne, NJ
Stamp9c United States Capitol, green
NotesChrome-era color card, full-bleed image with no white border; small 'CB' color registration mark printed in the sky. Postmark: illegible wavy machine cancel (no date, time, or city readable). Chrome-era divided-back card, glossy surface, no white border. Koppel Color Cards imprint with Florida Natural Color, Inc. (Miami) credit line; light edge/corner wear.

Cite this card

Glass bottom boats at Silver Springs, Florida, circa 1955, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/glass-bottom-boats-at-silver-springs-florida-circa-1955. Accessed October 5, 2026.