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Pelicans on their nest, Florida coast, 1910

Subjects
BirdsCoastal Scenery
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Pelicans on their nest, Florida coast, 1910, Mrs Grace Christianson, VT, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Pelicans on their nest, Florida coast, 1910, Mrs Grace Christianson, VT, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A group of brown pelicans perched on nests among dense flowering coastal shrubs, with the blue sea and a pale sky behind them. Several birds sit on stick nests built into the low green bushes.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Thanks for the New Year card may your new year be a Happy one. I was so sorry to pass you by last summer but could not make it come right as had notified Mrs Whittemore. The hour we would be there, we are both pretty well now. Mr Hall sick most 2 months. Nice & warm to day Jan 9th. Been to Sunday school. with love. S.M.K Hall Pine Castle Fla. …and to your father

PublisherThe Cochrane Co.
Pelicans on their Nest on the Florida Coast.
PostmarkedOrlando, FL, January 10, 1910
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Grace Christianson

R.F.D. 2. Box 60 Brattleboro, VT

Postcard record

Postmarked, Orlando, FL
PublisherThe Cochrane Co.
SeriesR-26713
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs Grace Christianson, R.F.D. 2. Box 60, Brattleboro, VT
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesColor halftone/lithographic dot texture; image fills the card with no white border. A long diagonal crease or scratch runs across the center of the picture. Postmark: PINE CASTLE FLA. JAN 10 1910. Divided-back card; 1c green Washington stamp; printed number R-26713; message written in blue ink sideways along the left edge.

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Pelicans on their nest, Florida coast, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pelicans-on-their-nest-florida-coast-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.