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Old City Gates, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1930

Subject
Monuments & Memorials
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Old City Gates, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Old City Gates, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Two square coquina pillars flank a low rubble wall at the Old City Gates in St. Augustine, with trees and a bright sky behind. The printed caption dates the gates to 1743 and describes pillars 20 feet high and 10 feet thick, a 12-foot opening, and walls 30 feet long. It notes that heavy iron-bound gates once closed the passage and a drawbridge crossed the moat or ditch. Coquina, a shellstone quarried near St. Augustine, gives the pillars their weathered surface. The gates marked the northern entrance to the old walled town and remain a landmark of the city's Spanish colonial past.

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PublisherW. J. HARRIS CO., INC.
OLD CITY GATES, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. OLD CITY GATES, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. Built 1743, consisting of two square pillars of coquina rock, 20 feet in height, 10 feet thick; walls are 30 feet in length and 10 feet thick, space between pillars is 12 feet and were pro- tected with heavy iron bound gates, and the approach was by way of a draw-bridge over the moat or ditch.
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PublisherW. J. HARRIS CO., INC.
Series24378
ConditionVery good
Place depictedOld City Gates, St. Augustine, FL, St. Augustine, FL
PublisherW. J. HARRIS CO., INC., St. Augustine, FL
NotesLinen-textured stock with white border; printed copyright line 'COPYRIGHTED-11-HARRIS' at upper right and card number 24378 at lower right; light edge wear. No postmark, no message, no address — unused card. Divided back with 'POST CARD / THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY' and 'PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE' box; linen-textured stock with white border (front); light soiling and foxing on the back.

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Old City Gates, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-city-gates-st-augustine-fl-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.