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Tropical garden at Hershey's Chocolate World, Hershey, PA, 1978

Subjects
Commercial BuildingsGardens
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1978 (Modern)
Front of Tropical garden at Hershey's Chocolate World, Hershey, PA, 1978, Harlan & Jeanne, MI, USA, c. 1978 chrome postcard
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Back of Tropical garden at Hershey's Chocolate World, Hershey, PA, 1978, Harlan & Jeanne, MI, USA, c. 1978 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

The interior garden at Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania, is filled with dense tropical foliage, including cocoa trees, palms, and broad-leafed plants. Two conical thatched-roof huts stand among the greenery, and visitors walk a paved path beneath a glass roof and dark structural beams. Hershey's Chocolate World opened in 1973 as a visitor complex for Hershey Foods, and by the late 1970s it was a busy tourist stop. The sender's note describes a 12-hour visit and jokes that the food is so plentiful visitors are fed "like it's your last supper."

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi there, We're having such a great time. We're getting fat. These people feed you like it's your "last supper". Go-o-o-d! I got swelled feet and ankles Tues at Hershey; we spent 12 hrs. there. Still didn't see every- thing. See ya later Lona & Irven.

PublisherMel Horst Photography
HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD Hershey Pa. 17033 Many varieties of tropical plants, including cocoa trees, provide a garden setting at Hershey's Chocolate World, visitor complex of Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, Pa.
PostmarkedHarrisburg, PA
Stamp
Addressed to
Harlan & Jeanne

25054 Stanford Dearborn Heights, MI 48125

Postcard record

PostmarkedHarrisburg, PA
PublisherMel Horst Photography
ConditionGood
Place addressedHarlan & Jeanne, 25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI, 48125
Place mentionedHershey's Chocolate World, Hershey, PA
PublisherMel Horst Photography, Witmer, PA
Stamp9c United States Capitol, green
NotesChrome-era color photo postcard; no white border, no printed caption or text on front; slight edge wear. Postmark: HARRISBURG PA 1978 (P.M.). Chrome-era glossy divided-back card with 9c stamp (USA 9c "Right of People Peaceably to Assemble"); printed Hershey's Chocolate World caption ("Hershey Pa. 17033") and descriptive text on back, Natural Color by Mel Horst Photography, Witmer, Pennsylvania 17588 imprint. Mailed to Harlan & Jeanne, 25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, Mich. 48125. Light edge wear, no major damage.

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Tropical garden at Hershey's Chocolate World, Hershey, PA, 1978, postcard, c. 1978. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tropical-garden-at-hersheys-chocolate-world-hershey-pa-1978. Accessed November 2, 2026.