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World's Largest Bandshell, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects
Public Parks & CommonsTheaters & Opera Houses
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of World's Largest Bandshell, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, Rev. A. D. Fisher & Family, WV, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of World's Largest Bandshell, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, Rev. A. D. Fisher & Family, WV, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows the Daytona Beach Bandshell, an open-air amphitheater whose great central arch is flanked by square towers with green pyramidal roofs, set behind hedges and beds of red flowers with a broad lawn in the foreground. Built in 1937 with Works Progress Administration labor and coquina stone from local quarries, it was promoted as the world's largest bandshell and anchored the city's oceanfront park improvements, hosting concerts and civic events. The structure still stands on the Boardwalk and remains in use for performances.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

We got here safe, at 11.30 Sunday morning going to the Beach now. Lester

PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co., Inc.
World's Largest Bandshell, Daytona Beach, Fla. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES POST CARD PUB. BY SOUTHERN CARD & NOVELTY CO., INC., HOLLY HILL, FLA. "TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS.
PostmarkedDaytona Beach, FL, July 29, 1956, 17:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Rev. A. D. Fisher & Family

1611 17th Ave, Charleston, WV

Postcard record

Postmarked, Daytona Beach, FL
PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co., Inc.
Series94
ConditionGood
Place addressedRev. A. D. Fisher & Family, 1611 17th Ave, Charleston, WV
PublisherSouthern Card & Novelty Co., Inc., Holly Hill, FL
Stamp2c Thomas Jefferson, red
NotesLinen-textured stock with a thin white border; small printed number "94" at upper right; light surface soiling and minor corner wear. Postmark: DAYTONA BEACH FLA. JUL 29 5:30 PM 1956. Divided-back linen-era card with 2¢ Jefferson stamp; light edge/corner wear and slight toning on the address side.

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World's Largest Bandshell, Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/worlds-largest-bandshell-daytona-beach-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.