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Sunken Garden fountain, Miami Beach, Florida, circa 1940

Subject
Gardens
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Sunken Garden fountain, Miami Beach, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Sunken Garden fountain, Miami Beach, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A circular fountain plays in a sunken garden laid out in concentric beds of red, yellow, blue and white flowers, with a flower-filled urn in the foreground and a wall of palms behind. The card names the scene as the "Beautiful Sunken Garden" of Miami Beach, Florida, one of the landscaped tourist attractions planted during the city's early-twentieth-century resort boom. The vivid, slightly heightened color and visible canvas-like texture are typical of linen-finish postcards of the late 1930s through the 1950s.

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PublisherHatton Drug Sundry Co.
Beautiful Sunken Garden, Miami Beach, Fla. — D-14 --- Miami Beach, the Winter Playground of the nation, has every form of outdoor pleasure throughout the year. Winter skies are always smiling and December breezes are as warm as May. Pub. by Hatton Drug Sundry Co., Miami, Fla. Colorcraft—Made by The Dexter Press, Pearl River, N. Y. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 27473
Addressed to
Minnie Raynor

Nathan. H. Weinstein 2426-Morris Avenue, Union, new Jersey, U.S.A, 1945 Minnie Raynor

FromNathan H. Weinstein, 2426 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Postcard record

PublisherHatton Drug Sundry Co.
SeriesD-14
ConditionVery good
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; printed card number D-14 at lower right of caption. No publisher imprint visible on the front. No postmark — card appears unmailed (no stamp). Divided-back linen-texture card with white border; printed Miami Beach ad copy and Dexter Press/Colorcraft imprint. Handwritten return address (Union, NJ) plus addressee name and a handwritten '1945' date; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Sunken Garden fountain, Miami Beach, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunken-garden-fountain-miami-beach-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.