A palm-shaded park drive curves between green lawns and flower beds toward a large Spanish Colonial-style church with a tall clock tower and tiled dome, with a multi-story brick hospital or hotel block rising behind it. The card names the scene "Spohn Park," the Corpus Christi park honoring Dr. Arthur E. Spohn, the pioneer South Texas surgeon for whom Spohn Hospital was also named. The grounds and adjacent buildings reflect the city's early-20th-century growth as a Gulf Coast port and medical center.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Hello Marguerite and all
We are having a fine time
We left Fort Worth at noon with our good friend
and got your card thanks a lot the roads
out in this part of the state are fine and we
Many thanks
Linen-textured stock with white border; faint scuff marks in the sky area; printed card number 1B-H335 at lower right.
Postmark: PARIS TEXAS 24 PM 42. Divided-back linen-texture Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card with 1¢ green Washington stamp; German message in ink; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Spohn Park, Corpus Christi, Texas, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/spohn-park-corpus-christi-texas-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.
