Antique & Vintage Postcards

Shot from altitude, this vivid chrome aerial photograph shows the old Seven Mile Bridge cutting a razor-straight line across luminous shallow water in the Florida Keys, bisecting tiny Pigeon Key — a cluster of white-roofed houses, royal poinciana trees blazing in red bloom, and swaying palms surrounded by an otherworldly palette of turquoise, jade, and sand — one of the most iconic images in mid-century Florida postcard history. Postmarked Key West, February 8, 1956, the card was sent by Naomi to a friend in Attica, Indiana, with an irresistibly enthusiastic message: heading over the bridge the next day, marveling that it stretches seven miles out into the ocean, and declaring it "sure will be a thrill for me."