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Nesting flamingos at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1937

Subject
Birds
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1937 (Linen)
Front of Nesting flamingos at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1937, c. 1937 linen postcard
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Back of Nesting flamingos at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1937, c. 1937 linen postcard
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A flock of pink flamingos stands and nests on low mounds beside a pond, with palms and dense tropical foliage behind them. The printed caption describes their long legs straddling "huge pyramids of mud" and the birds going about reproducing, "oblivious to the race crowds, screaming encouragement to the horses." Hialeah Park, a Miami-area race course opened in the 1920s, was known for its landscaped grounds and resident flamingo colony. The caption claims that the first and only baby flamingos hatched in captivity were born there.

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PublisherNovelti-Craft Co.
Nesting Flamingos at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida --- Nesting Flamingoes, Hialeah Park, their long legs straddling huge pyramids of mud, the pink Flamingo goes about its business of reproducing, oblivious to the race crowds, screaming encour- agement to the horses. The first and only baby Flamingoes to be hatched in captivity were born at Hialeah Park.
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PublisherNovelti-Craft Co.
Series119 SK1901
ConditionFair
Place depictedHialeah Park, Miami, FL
PublisherNovelti-Craft Co., Miami, FL
NotesLinen texture; printed card number 119 at upper left; upper-right corner torn/creased. Unused card; no postmark or handwriting. Linen texture, divided back, no white border; printed caption and publisher imprint on back.

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Nesting flamingos at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, circa 1937, postcard, c. 1937. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/nesting-flamingos-at-hialeah-park-miami-florida-circa-1937. Accessed November 2, 2026.