Martin Digital History

Boat enters Lake Okeechobee Locks, c. 1940

Item

Title

Boat enters Lake Okeechobee Locks, c. 1940

Description

Caption reads "Boat Entering Locks, Lake Okeechobee, Fla. One of the drainage canals which assists in reclaiming four million acres of very rich and fertile land known as the 'Everglades.' These canals are also used for transportation and thousands of people are now living upon land that was once a trackless waste."

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Publisher

Albert Guionnaud (Palm Beach, Fla.)

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

1 color postcard; 5.5x3.5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Thurlow-2025-039-postcards-082
2025.039

Original Format

Postcard

Collection

Citation

Albert Guionnaud (Palm Beach, Fla.), “Boat enters Lake Okeechobee Locks, c. 1940,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/16482.