"B-15- Historic Old Gamble Mansion on Tamiami Trail, near Bradenton and Palmetto, Fla.", bulk 1940-1960

Scope and content:

Linen postcard showing the Historic Old Gamble Mansion and driveway. Built on sugar plantation.

Language:

English

Physical description:

The inscription on the back of the postcard reads: The Gamble Mansion, which was built prior to the Civil War, stands in the heart of the interesting landmarks. Major Gamble built this colonial mansion on his sugar plantation, then compromising about three thousand acres, furnishing employment of three hundred slaves. This building stands today as one of the oldest and most historic points of interst in the South. It was in one of the upper chambers of the old mansion that Judah P. Benjami, secretary of the confederacy, found a hiding place from the Federal Army before making his escape to England.

Subjects:

Postcards.

Places:

Bradenton (Fla.)
Palmetto (Fla.)

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