Sausage tree in Florida, circa 1940

Subjects: Forests & Trees Gardens
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

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A tropical garden scene showing a sausage tree (Kigelia africana) hung with its long, pale, sausage-shaped fruits, flanked by a coconut palm, spiky yucca-like plants and beds of red, blue and lavender flowers in pots. The sausage tree is native to tropical Africa and is planted as a curiosity in warm climates such as Florida, where its woody fruits dangle on long cord-like stalks. The card is a hand-colored photo view by Miami photographer G. W. Romer.

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PublisherCurteich

A Sausage Tree in Florida G. W. ROMER-PHOTO, MIAMI --- SAUSAGE TREE, RIVERA GARDENS MIAMI The Sausage Tree (Kigelia Pinnata) also sometimes called the Fetish Tree, is a native of tropical Africa. It has rough Pinnate Leaves, and flowers which have a rather peculiar appearance and hang suspended by long peduncles. From each flower a large fruit develops. These fruits have the appearance of big sausages, and doubtless have given the tree its name. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 18-H1727 GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

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Publisher	Curteich
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Florida, FL
Place mentioned	Miami, FL
Publisher	Curteich, Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch halftone; image runs to the edge with no white border. No postmark. Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" linen-era card (18-H1727) with divided back and printed description; no white border on the front; light toning/soiling on the back, otherwise clean and unwritten.

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Sausage tree in Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sausage-tree-in-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.