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Lucky Palm and glass-bottom boats, Silver Springs, FL, circa 1975

Subjects
Rivers & StreamsShips & Boats
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1975 (Modern)
Front of Lucky Palm and glass-bottom boats, Silver Springs, FL, circa 1975, c. 1975 chrome postcard
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Back of Lucky Palm and glass-bottom boats, Silver Springs, FL, circa 1975, c. 1975 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

The Lucky Palm leans over the clear water at Silver Springs, Florida, its trunk arcing into the foreground. White glass-bottom excursion boats are moored along a low pavilion, with newer buildings, a walkway, and pink flowering shrubs in the background. Silver Springs, near Ocala, was one of Florida's oldest tourist attractions, and its glass-bottom boats carried visitors over the spring to look down into the clear water. The palm was a known landmark and a natural frame for views of the spring.

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

PublisherFlorida Natural Color, Inc.; Koppel Color Cards
The "Lucky Palm" is a land mark at Florida's beautiful Silver Springs. Handsome new build- ings and Glass Bottom Boats are seen in the background.
Stamp
Addressed to
Mark Elmare

25054 Stanford Dearborn Heights, MI 48125

Postcard record

PublisherFlorida Natural Color, Inc.; Koppel Color Cards
SeriesEG-78 30304
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMark Elmare, 25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI, 48125
Place depictedSilver Springs, FL
Place mentionedSilver Springs, FL
Place mentionedFlorida Natural Color, Inc., Miami, FL
PublisherFlorida Natural Color, Inc.; Koppel 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

Lucky Palm and glass-bottom boats, Silver Springs, FL, circa 1975, postcard, c. 1975. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lucky-palm-and-glass-bottom-boats-silver-springs-fl-circa-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.