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Lighthouse Point, Sanibel Island, Florida

Subjects
Beaches & CoastlinesLighthouses
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of Lighthouse Point, Sanibel Island, Florida, Jeane Elmore, MI, USA, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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Back of Lighthouse Point, Sanibel Island, Florida, Jeane Elmore, MI, USA, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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About this subject

A tall red-brick lighthouse with an open iron gallery rises behind dense green trees and shrubs on the left. To the right, a frame keeper's dwelling with a hipped roof and chimney stands on wooden pilings above a sandy beach, with calm water and a low horizon beyond.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Wed Went shelling [illegible] Island Mon! It was cloudy & cool yesterday, so we went site seeing. Today we're at beach in Naples. Beautiful town - beautiful beach Two hot days - two cool days. Kids are having a super time. I came down sick & went to hospital Easter - Ear infection - feeling better now Should be back sometime Sun. love Pat

PublisherO'Brien Color Studios
Lighthouse Point on Tropical Sanibel Island, Florida. Post Card 24296 Pub. by O'Brien Color Studios, P.O. Box 4247, So. Daytona, Fla. 32021
PostmarkedNaples, FL, March 29, 1969
Stamp
Addressed to
Jeane Elmore

25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI 48125

Postcard record

Postmarked, Naples, FL
ConditionGood
Place addressedJeane Elmore, 25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI
Place mentionedSanibel Island, FL
PublisherO'Brien Color Studios, Daytona, FL
Stamp9c United States Capitol, green
NotesGlossy chrome-era color finish; no white border. Faint purple rubber-stamp marks ("SB" and "CB") in the sky area; light surface wear and speckling. Postmark: NAPLES FLA. MAR 29 PM 1969. Divided-back chrome-era card, glossy surface, 9c stamp; light corner wear.

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Lighthouse Point, Sanibel Island, Florida, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lighthouse-point-sanibel-island-florida. Accessed October 5, 2026.