Legend of the Spanish Moss

Subjects: Fantasy & Composite Views Forests & Trees
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Legend of the Spanish Moss, Louise Haley, VA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

An illustrated postcard featuring a poem titled 'Legend of the Spanish Moss' with two landscape vignettes of Southern trees draped in Spanish moss, a path, flowers, and water. The text tells a humorous legend of Gomez and an Indian maid.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Louise! we are enjoying every minute of the nice warm weather February is an ideal time for vacationing in Florida. Am convinced we will return here - Tampa is really a big city we saw a lot of it last night & hope to tour more of it tomorrow we have gone deep sea fishing today. Thelma

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

Legend of the Spanish Moss A villain there was named Gomez Goz Who journeyed here from Spain. The natives feared him much because His heart was set on a gain. Gomez espied an Indian maid Who filled his fondest hope. He bought her for a yard of braid And a little bar of soap. The Indian maid was sore afraid And fled this bearded brute. She sped o'er hill and field and glade With Gomez in pursuit. At last the maiden climbed a tree; The Spaniard did the same. The lass was bent on being free; Gomez desired his claim! She balanced on a slender limb Then dove into the brook. She much preferred a morning swim To this bearded Spanish crook. The troubles of Gomez begin His naughty plans are queered, He snags the whiskers of his chin The branches hold his beard. The Indian maiden thus is free Gomez's life is a loss, But his beard lives on for you to see As dangling Spanish Moss! T. S. - Y. --- POST CARD GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) 25 2A-TROPICAL FLORIDA SERIES

PostmarkedTampa, FL, February 18, 1957, 17:30

Addressed to

Louise Haley

658 Woodlawn Ave. S.W., Roanoke, Virginia

Postcard record

Postmarked	February 18, 1957, 17:30, Tampa, FL
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Louise Haley, 658 Woodlawn Ave. S.W., Roanoke, VA
Publisher	Chicago, IL
Stamp	2c Thomas Jefferson, red
Notes	Linen texture visible; printed poem on front; no white border. Postmark: TAMPA, FLA. FEB 18 5:30 PM 1957 (slogan cancel "HELP RETARDED CHILDREN"). Linen-era Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card, Tropical Florida Series 25 2A; divided back; light edge wear.

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Legend of the Spanish Moss, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/legend-of-the-spanish-moss-1930. Accessed October 5, 2026.