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Pavilion and pagoda in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1940

Subjects
GardensPatrioticPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Linen
Front of Pavilion and pagoda in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1940, linen postcard
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Back of Pavilion and pagoda in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1940, linen postcard
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About this subject

A garden scene in Overton Park showing a long white colonnade pergola (the pagoda) across a paved terrace, with a red-roofed pavilion at left flying American flags. Beds of tulips and shaped flower plantings fill the foreground lawn.

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PublisherBluff City News Co.
PAVILION AND PAGODA IN OVERTON PARK, MEMPHIS, TENN.—25 --- Most beautiful of thirty-two Memphis parks. Contains a nine-hole Golf Course, Doughboy Memorial Statue and Brooks Memorial Art Gallery. 17690 Post Card A NATURAL COLOR POST CARD Published by Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn. — Natural Color Post Card Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. - JAY
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Postcard record

Series25
ConditionVery good
PublisherMemphis, TN
NotesLinen-textured stock, no white border; card number 25 printed at end of caption. No postmark. Undivided back (no message/address divider line); linen-textured stock; Kropp 'A NATURAL COLOR POST CARD' stamp box with corner marks E C / K C9. Dealer pencil mark '#59 1-' at lower right. No stamp, no handwriting.

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Pavilion and pagoda in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1940, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pavilion-and-pagoda-in-overton-park-memphis-tennessee-circa. Accessed October 5, 2026.