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Sand in My Shoes, Florida beach scene, circa 1940

Subjects
Bathing & Beach ResortsBeaches & CoastlinesChildren
Card type
Linen
Front of Sand in My Shoes, Florida beach scene, circa 1940, linen postcard
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Back of Sand in My Shoes, Florida beach scene, circa 1940, linen postcard
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About this postcard

A Florida souvenir card combining a verse titled "Sand in My Shoes" with a beach vignette: a woman bends to empty sand from her shoe while two children in bathing suits sit on the sand nearby, with palm trees, a striped beach umbrella, a bench of bathers and the ocean beyond. The three stanzas rhyme on Florida's blue skies, clean sand and neat bungalows. Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago was one of the largest American postcard publishers, and this linen-textured style with a comic or verse panel was typical of mid-century Florida tourist cards.

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PublisherCurteich
Sand IN MY SHOES FLORIDA The Sky is ever bluest And friendship is the truest And enemies the fewest In Florida Evergreens are greenest Beach sand is the cleanest And bungalows the neatest In Florida If the sand gets in your shoes Shake it out where'er you choose And you'll never get the blues In Florida © CURT TEICH & CO., INC. --- 226 F—TROPICAL FLORIDA SERIES GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 6B-H1029
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PublisherCurteich
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedFlorida, FL, FL
Place mentionedFL
PublisherCurteich, Chicago, IL
NotesLinen (canvas) texture across the whole card; narrow white border; printed verse panel at left. No postmark or handwriting. Undivided back with linen texture; "POST CARD" heading with private publisher imprint (Curteich, Chicago) and one-cent stamp box. Light soiling/toning on cream stock.

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Sand in My Shoes, Florida beach scene, circa 1940, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sand-in-my-shoes-florida-beach-scene-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.