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Tampa, Busch Gardens, lagoon
Unused Ward Beckett card T-23a, of this attraction at Anheuser-Busch’s brewery. Grade: 3
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Miami, Fabulous Parrot Jungle, flamingos
Highly aged but unused Curteichcolor card 0DK-2146 (G.549). Grade: 3
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Tampa, Busch Gardens, flamingos keeping cool
Unused, but heavily aged, Ward Beckett card T-9-a. Grade: 3
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Tampa, Busch Gardens, nesting flamingos
Unused Ward Beckett card T-8-B, of “colorful flamingos nesting beside the beautiful lagoon at Busch Gardens, located in Tampa, Florida, at Anheuser-Busch’s forty million-dollar brewery.” Yes, but do they also get free samples? Grade: 2
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Marineland, flamingos
Marineland first opened in 1938 (under a different name) and has gone through more twists and turns than a leaping porpoise since then. Watch your local news for whatever may happen next. Meanwhile, this is an unused Color-King card 120322 showing the world’s first Marine Oceanarium. Grade: 1
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Miami Seaquarium, flamingos
Unused and unattributed card (though with index numbers 32503 and MS 11) of Graceful Flamingos feeding. Grade: 1
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Everglades National Park, Roseate Spoonbills
Quick! If someone says “Everglades,” what comes to your mind first? Of course … roseate spoonbills! No? Well. Unused, somewhat aging Curteichcolor card 8CK2211 (G.467). Grade: 2
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An Unusual Wall of Sweet Peas
In 1950, Alice sent this linen card along with a message that went right to the point. Stamp and full postmark are there. Grade: 1
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St. Augustine, St. Francis Street, oldest house
Technically, “The House Under Four Flags.” Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 9A-H1317 (and S.A.73). Grade: 1
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Miami, “Papaya Tree.”
Unused Tichnor linen card 69518 (340) explaining everything you might ever want to know about the papaya. Grade: 1
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Florida Sunrise
Unused Tichnor linen card 63033 (128), unremarkable apart from the wonderful caption on the reverse: “What wonderskies of Florida smile — What beauties do they not behold, Of earth and sea combined to make A Paradise of Joys untold.” Indeed. Grade: 1
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Tampa, Busch Gardens, Geodesic Dome
Unused Ward Beckett card T-16 of this home of rare and exotic birds at Anheuser-Busch’s scenic attraction. Grade: 2
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Sarasota, Ringling Museum of Art, Asolo Theater
Unused card 37938. Grade: 1
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Tarpon Springs, Anclote River
Unused linen Hartman card E-5214 (T705). Grade: 1
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Silver Springs, Lucky Palm and glass-bottom boats
Unused chrome Koppel Color Card FG 78 (30304). Grade: 2
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Daytona Beach, Riverfront Park
Unused but heavily handled chrome Dexter Press card 93596. Grade: 3
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Here’s one that didn’t get away … Greetings from Florida
Unused Lusterchrome card (Tichnor K-2495) with erasures on reverse. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Florida, the sunshine state
Unused card STD-19. Grade: 3
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Cypress Gardens, bougainvillea
Unused Lusterchrome (Tichnor K-3303) card. Grade: 3
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Cypress Gardens, Azalea Lane
Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK-1247 (FK.10) from this tourist attraction of years past. Grade: 1
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Motoring through an orange grove
The verse on the front of this unused C.T. American Art card A-31146 may not come out too clearly in the scan, but put that together with the picture, and the very idea of doing what they’re doing, and this card is an appealing little piece of history. Good condition, too. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Florida Sunset
Just loses a little in the translation. Unused Koppel Color Card FG-90 (43981). Grade: 3
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Northwest Florida’s Miracle Strip
Unused Lusterchrome (Tichnor K-15327) card. Grade: 2
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DeLand, Ponce de Leon Springs
Unused Curteichcolor card 4C-K1029 (FK.59) and, just so you know, those are both statues. Grade: 1
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Legend of the Dogwood
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 197-F in the Tropical Florida Series. Read the story. Weep. Buy the card. Grade: 2
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Sailing at Sunset upon a Peaceful Lake
Unused Tichnor card 65153. Grade: 1
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Lake Wales, Great Masterpiece
A large mosaic of da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-3215 (8405). Grade: 2
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St. Augustine, Old City Gates
The caption on this unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 5A-H707 (SA-71) gives lots of information about these gates, built in 1743. Grade: 1
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St. Augustine, Oldest School House
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone card 3A-H840. Grade: 3
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Purple Bougainvillea Vines
This linen card was mailed in 1946. The stamp is there but heavily abraded, and there are tape residues from having been pasted into an album. Grade: 4
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St. Augustine, Old Grist Mill
It’s opposite the Oldest School House, in the Oldest City in the U.S.A. This is not the Oldest Card We Have, however. What it is, is an unused Florida Souvenir card 55149. Grade: 1
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Moss Draped Cypress trees
Four of these unused Plastichrome cards P43789F are available. Grades: 1
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The Tranquil Suwannee River
Old, unused linen card published by the Dade County Newsdealers Supply Co. (4307 2) of Miami. Grade: 1
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Sarasota, Ringling Museum, East Loggia
Unused Russell News Agency card 37934. We don’t say it every time, but many of these cards have the tell-tale K logo for Koppel Color Card as well. Grade: 1
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Sarasota, Ringling Museum of Art, Italian Garden Court
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-4036 (30902). The Fountain of oceanus is in here, too. Grade: 1
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A Cluster of Oranges
That’s it: a cluster of oranges. No more, no less, on this old unused and unnumbered linen card from the Jumbo Card Co. Grade: 1
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Sarasota, Ringling Museum of Art, Cast of David
Two of these unused Russell News Agency (Koppel) cards 37939 are available. Grades: 1
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Cypress Gardens, It’s Bougainvillea Time
In 1970, 92-year-old Ruby wrote a plaintive message to Monroe in Ohio. Ruby is gone by now, but her battered old card, with part of the postmark and none of the stamp, lives on. Grade: 5
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Greetings
Unused card but defaced on both sides. Grade: 5
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Tampa, Busch Gardens walkway
Unused Ward Beckett card T-30. Grade: 2