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Jekyll Island Museum and Red Bug, Jekyll Island, GA, 1962

Subjects
Fraternal Orders & ClubsNational & State ParksResidences
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1962 (Chrome)
Front of Jekyll Island Museum and Red Bug, Jekyll Island, GA, 1962, MR+ MRS Alfred Kvaster, MD, USA, c. 1962 chrome postcard
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Back of Jekyll Island Museum and Red Bug, Jekyll Island, GA, 1962, MR+ MRS Alfred Kvaster, MD, USA, c. 1962 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

The former Rockefeller Cottage, a gray-shingled house with a wide two-story veranda, dormer windows, and three brick chimneys, stands among mature trees in Jekyll Island State Park. A person sits on the red "Red Bug," a battery-driven scooter reserved for members of the former Jekyll Island Club, on the broad lawn in front, while a car is parked beneath the vine-covered porch. The cottage served as the Jekyll Island Museum, and the scooter recalls the club era, when prominent winter visitors used small electric vehicles to get around the island.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

FRIDAY ARRIVED here Thurs at 7 am you would love this. Turkeys + Deer are tame. The motel we stayed in has 3 Swimming pools the beach has hard packed sand. Everything is new & AIR CONDITIONED MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE we ever saw. Leaving for Florida this afternoon Bill, Edna & Johnnie

PublisherMarsh Post Card Service
JEKYLL ISLAND MUSEUM (Former Rockefeller Cottage) Jekyll Island State Park, Georgia "Red Bug" battery-driven scooter used exclusively by the members of the former Jekyll Island Club
PostmarkedJekyll Island, GA, July 27, 1962, 13:30
Stamp
Addressed to
MR+ MRS Alfred Kvaster

3705 Kimble Rd. Balto, MD 18

Postcard record

Postmarked, Jekyll Island, GA
PublisherMarsh Post Card Service
Series83976
ConditionGood
Place addressedMR+ MRS Alfred Kvaster, 3705 Kimble Rd., Balto, MD, 18
Place mentionedJekyll Island State Park, Jekyll Island, GA
PublisherMarsh Post Card Service, Jacksonville, FL
Stamp3c Statue of Liberty, purple, perforated on all sides
NotesColor photo-style card with slight grain; printed caption on front: JEKYLL ISLAND MUSEUM (Former Rockefeller Cottage), Jekyll Island State Park, Georgia, with text on the "Red Bug" battery-driven scooter; no border visible on the front. Postmark: JEKYLL ISLAND JUL 27 1:30 PM 1962 GA, with "Remember—Only PREVENT FOREST FIRES" slogan and tree graphic partially under stamp. Chrome-era divided-back card, glossy surface, no white border; light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

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Jekyll Island Museum and Red Bug, Jekyll Island, GA, 1962, postcard, c. 1962. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/jekyll-island-museum-and-red-bug-jekyll-island-ga-1962. Accessed November 2, 2026.