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Million Dollar Recreation Pier and city skyline, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects
Amusement ParksTown & City ViewsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Million Dollar Recreation Pier and city skyline, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Million Dollar Recreation Pier and city skyline, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Aerial-style view of the Million Dollar Recreation Pier at St. Petersburg, Florida, a long pier extending from the shore to a large Mediterranean-style casino building with red tile roofs, surrounded by parked cars and moored boats, with the city skyline across the water behind it. The card labels the city "The Sunshine City." The pier shown is the second Million Dollar Pier, opened in 1926 with a casino, ballroom and observation tower; it was replaced by the current inverted-pyramid pier in the 1970s. The Curt Teich production number "5A-H1063" indicates a linen-era printing of the late 1930s to 1940s.

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PublisherGulf Coast Card Co., Inc.
S-159 MILLION DOLLAR RECREATION PIER AND CITY SKYLINE ST. PETERSBURG, FLA., "THE SUNSHINE CITY" 5A-H1063 --- RECREATION PIER A wonderful $1,000,000 attraction extending half a mile out into Tampa Bay, open to the public without cost, providing a pleasant promenade, parking space for 1,000 cars, fishing balconies. Containing a mammoth con- vention and dance auditorium, the radio sta- tion WSUN, extensive space for picnics, bridge parties, etc. There are up-to-date Novelty and Gift Shops for all Souvenir Hunters. GULF COAST CARD CO., INC., ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
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PublisherGulf Coast Card Co., Inc.
SeriesS-159
ConditionVery good
Place depictedMillion Dollar Recreation Pier, St. Petersburg, FL
Place depictedSt. Petersburg, FL
Place mentionedTampa Bay, FL
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; Curt Teich production number 5A-H1063 at lower right. Minor corner wear. No postmark; divided back; linen texture; white border; light edge wear.

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Million Dollar Recreation Pier and city skyline, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/million-dollar-recreation-pier-and-city-skyline-st-petersbur. Accessed October 24, 2026.