April 29, 2023

Greetings! Postcards From St. Pete: 1924



Among the twenty postcards in this folder, there are some that are not found anywhere else on the internet, including "On One of St. Petersburg's Golf Links" which is a scene on the Jungle Country Club course. These postcards from the Roaring Twenties provide an interesting glimpse at the tourism boom of the time. 





















Souvenir of St. Petersburg, Florida, The Sunshine City
Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, Ill. #2868 (1924) 
1: Looking East on Central Avenue Showing Tampa Bay
2: Fifth Avenue North From Bay Street
3: Beautiful Homes on North 9th Street
4: Tourists Playing Checkers
5: Roser Park
6: Soldiers Monument and Entrance to Williams Park
7: On One of St. Petersburg's Golf Links
8: Bathing Beach and the Spa
9: Tourists at Fountain of Youth
10: View of Mirror Lake and Skyline
11: Municipal Pier by Night
12: Princess Martha Hotel, Post Office and Suwannee Hotel
13: Busy Corner, Central Avenue and 5th Street
14: Central Avenue, Looking West
15: Princess Martha Hotel
16: Detroit Hotel
17: Ponce de Leon Hotel
18: Suwannee Hotel
19: Soreno Hotel
20: Open Air Post Office, the Only One in the U.S.A.