Martin Digital History

Florida Highway Patrol postcard, c. 1965

Item

Title

Florida Highway Patrol postcard, c. 1965

Description

Florida State Trooper stands next to a patrol car on a Florida highway. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Florida Sentinels of Safety - 'They Patrol the Peninsula' - Florida State Troopers travel millions of miles each year to make highways of the Sunshine State safer for the motorist. A share of the net from the sale of this card goes to the Broken Spoke Club, a benevolent organization of Florida State Troopers."

Source

Scans gift of Sandra Thurlow

Publisher

Red Kerce Photography (Tallahassee, 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 printed postcard; 3.5x5.5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2024-032-b1-208
2024.032

Original Format

Postcards

Citation

Earl Dyer Ricou (1923-2011), “Florida Highway Patrol postcard, c. 1965,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/7324.