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Enormous Whale Washed Ashore, on the Florida Coast, c. 1915

Item

Title

Enormous Whale Washed Ashore, on the Florida Coast, c. 1915

Subject

Description

Large crowd of people surrounding a beached whale.

Postmarked 23 Feb 1919, Cincinnati Ohio.
Two one-cent stamps. Postage for postcards was 2 cents between 2 Nov 1917 and 1 July 1919.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Publisher

H. & W.B. Drew Co. (Jacksonville, 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

Color postcard, 5.5x3.5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2026-019-PC1-014a
2026.019

Coverage

Original Format

Postcard

Collection

Tags

Citation

“Enormous Whale Washed Ashore, on the Florida Coast, c. 1915,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/20219.