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Spreading Tree and Dirt Paths, Long Gardens, Mobile, Alabama

This image concludes the selection of views of Long Gardens in Mobile, Alabama. This last one features a more natural setting, less cultivated and manicured, but still featuring bright floral displays.

“Plastichrome” by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.


The card has the same description as the previous ones:
LONG GARDENS
Azaleas – Camellias
Tuthill Lane, Springhill
Mobile, Alabama
One of themes beautiful private gardens in the world
In this natural setting of pine-needled knolls and beautifully landscaped ravines, exquisite beauty has deepened through the years. It blooms forth in azaleas and camellias now, rendering to you one of the most beautiful private gardens in the world… and truly the novelist spot on Mobile’s famous Azalea Trail.
— A review of the site shows that the gardens no longer exist, and the area has been converted to residences. This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Long Gardens Floral Walkway, Mobile, Alabama

The series now moves on to present a view of another part of the Long Gardens in Mobile, Alabama. This image shows the azaleas in full bloom along the pathway leading to a small elevated meadow.

“Plastichrome” by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.


Apparently the card publisher did not get enough information for the various cards to create different descriptions, as this one is the same as all the others:
LONG GARDENS
Azaleas – Camellias
Tuthill Lane, Springhill
Mobile, Alabama
One of themes beautiful private gardens in the world
In this natural setting of pine-needled knolls and beautifully landscaped ravines, exquisite beauty has deepened through the years. It blooms forth in azaleas and camellias now, rendering to you one of the most beautiful private gardens in the world… and truly the novelist spot on Mobile’s famous Azalea Trail.
–This card likely dates from the 1950s as well.

Long Gardens Patio Table, Mobile Alabama

This short series continues with a view of the pool at the bottom of the bowl shaped gardens behind the iron patio table and chairs.

“Plastichrome” by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.


The description is the same as the previous two cards:
LONG GARDENS
Azaleas – Camellias
Tuthill Lane, Springhill
Mobile, Alabama
One of themes beautiful private gardens in the world
In this natural setting of pine-needled knolls and beautifully landscaped ravines, exquisite beauty has deepened through the years. It blooms forth in azaleas and camellias now, rendering to you one of the most beautiful private gardens in the world… and truly the novelist spot on Mobile’s famous Azalea Trail.
–This picture likely dates from the 1950s.

Long Gardens Walkway, Mobile Alabama

We now see the same gardens from ground level, losing along a pebbled walkway towards the small pool in the center of the Long Gardens.

“Plastichrome” by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.


The description is the same as the previous card:
LONG GARDENS
Azaleas – Camellias
Tuthill Lane, Springhill
Mobile, Alabama
One of themes beautiful private gardens in the world
In this natural setting of pine-needled knolls and beautifully landscaped ravines, exquisite beauty has deepened through the years. It blooms forth in azaleas and camellias now, rendering to you one of the most beautiful private gardens in the world… and truly the novelist spot on Mobile’s famous Azalea Trail.
–This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Elevated View, Long Gardens, Mobile, Alabama

This elevated view of one part of the Long Gardens in Mobile, Alabama features the pool at the bottom of the bowl of flowers and walkways.

“Plastichrome” by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.


The description states:
LONG GARDENS
Azaleas – Camellias
Tuthill Lane, Springhill
Mobile, Alabama
One of themes beautiful private gardens in the world
In this natural setting of pine-needled knolls and beautifully landscaped ravines, exquisite beauty has deepened through the years. It blooms forth in azaleas and camellias now, rendering to you one of the most beautiful private gardens in the world… and truly the novelist spot on Mobile’s famous Azalea Trail.
Spring Hill is the site of several historic sites in the city of Mobile.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Camellias in Bloom, Mobile Alabama

This postcard is simply an image of the classic camellia flower blossom known as a symbol of the southern United States.

Color Photo Courtesy of Bellngrath Gardens


The description states:
The Purple Dawn (Mathotiana Rubra) varies of the CAMELLIA JAPONICA is extremely beautiful and very popular in the Deep South.
–This image is noted as being from Alabama, since the photo is credited to the Bellingrath Gardens, located there. Along with other cards in this series, it is from the 1960s.

Inner Patio, Bellingrath Home, Mobile Alabama

This image features a flower filled sunny patio within the walls of the Bellingrath home.

Color Photo by Fred W. Holder


The description on the back states:
BELLINGRATH GARDENS, MOBILE, ALABAMA…Looking down on the patio from one of the iron lacework balconies of the Bellingrath home.
These images are part of a much larger collection, marked on the back “A Deep South Card”, and which date from the 1960’s.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Azalea Trail, Mobile, Alabama

This monument stands in Mobile along a garden pathway known as the Azalea Trail. The young ladies, dressed in an interpretation of antebellum dress, are members of a group of high school seniors selected every year as ambassadors for Mobile. The group is called the Azalea Trail Maids.

Color Photo by Fred W. Holder


The description on the back states:
AZALEA TRAIL, MOBILE, ALABAMA…The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park is on of the most photographed spots along the Azalea Trail.
The card is part of a series that dates from the 1960s.

Landscaped Pool, Bellingrath Gardens, Mobile, Alabama

This lovely scene is of the pool overlooking the river that runs close by the Bellingrath Gardens.

Color Photo by Bellingrath Gardens


The description states:
BELLINGRATH GARDENS, MOBILE, ALABAMA…showing the pool in front of the Bellingrath home, overlooking the Isle-Aux-Oies River (River of Fowl).
The Isle-Aux-Oies River is a channel that flows primarily parallel to Mobile Bay, along the land at the western edge of the bay entrance.
This photo, like the others in this series, dates from the 1960’s.

Flowered Path, Bellingrath Gardens, Mobile, Alabama

Another pastoral scene at the Bellingrath Gardens, this time of a unidentified path through the elaborate landscaping.

Color Photo by Bellingrath Gardens


The description on the back states:
BELLINGRATH GARDENS, MOBILE, ALABAMA…showing one of the many paths lined with Camellias, Azaleas and other colorful flowers.
Images from this series date from the 1960s.