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 dear one. We
are with Eber now.
all are well. Long
place here visit. I've
never with us. Did
you get your buds and
peppers. Take the seeds
out in side of thing. Love
Marjorie & Clark.
PostmarkedCorpus Christi, TX, October 24, 1942, 14:00
Linen-textured stock with white border; faint scuff marks in the sky area; printed card number 1B-H335 at lower right; printed caption "Spohn Park," Corpus Christi, Texas. Postmark: PARIS, TEXAS OCT 24 6 PM 1942. Divided-back linen-texture Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card with 1¢ green Washington stamp; English message in ink ("Hello dear one ... Marjorie & Clark."); stray handwritten word in blue below the stamp; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Spohn Park, Corpus Christi, TX, 1942, postcard, c. 1942. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/spohn-park-corpus-christi-tx-1942. Accessed November 2, 2026.
