Sugar Plantation Postcard
Dublin Core
Title
Sugar Plantation Postcard
Alternative Title
St. Cloud East Lake Sugar Plantation Postcard
Subject
St. Cloud, (Fla.)
Sugar Plantations
Farming
Description
A postcard with a photo of a sugarcane plantation with grazing cattle on the edge of East Lake in St. Cloud, Florida. Hamilton Disston bought the land in the 1880s, which was originally swampland. Disston had the swamps drained and planted 1,000 acres of sugarcane along East Tohopekaliga Lake. Due to multiple winter freezes and national depression, the plantation folded by 1909, when the Grand Army of the Republic Association bought the old plantation land.
On the back of the postcard is a handwritten message addressed to Herman [Haerleinp], Chief Gardener at the National Mil (Military) Home in Ohio. The message reads, "St. Cloud Fla 11-26-10. Dear Herman, Mrs. Woodin and I are having a lovely trip here in Florida. The climate is perfect, warm as June. We go from here to Orlando and other points early next week. Regards to all, Woodin".
This postcard is part of a private collection kept by Roger Hipel of St. Cloud, Florida.
On the back of the postcard is a handwritten message addressed to Herman [Haerleinp], Chief Gardener at the National Mil (Military) Home in Ohio. The message reads, "St. Cloud Fla 11-26-10. Dear Herman, Mrs. Woodin and I are having a lovely trip here in Florida. The climate is perfect, warm as June. We go from here to Orlando and other points early next week. Regards to all, Woodin".
This postcard is part of a private collection kept by Roger Hipel of St. Cloud, Florida.
Creator
N.E. Paper & Stationery Co.
Source
Original 5 x 3 inch black and white postcard: Private Collection of Roger Hipel.
Publisher
N.E. Paper &
Stationery Co.
Date Created
ca. 1910
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1910
Is Part Of
St. Cloud Collection, Osceola County Collection, RICHES.
Format
application/pdf
Extent
8.18 MB
Medium
5 x 3 inch black and white postcard
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
St. Cloud, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by N.E. Paper and Stationery Co.
Rights Holder
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• reproduce the work in print or digital form
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This resource is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to Section 5 of Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code.
Curator
Williams, Rachel
Source Repository
Private Collection of Roger Hipel
External Reference
Fisk, Robert A., and Jim Robison. Images of America: St. Cloud. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2002, 7-8.
Collection
Citation
N.E. Paper & Stationery Co., “Sugar Plantation Postcard,” RICHES, accessed June 17, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/11703.