Key West Florida Gulf Stream Hotel Restaurant 1940s Postcard Unposted Chrome

This 1940s postcard captures the Gulf Stream Hotel and Restaurant in Key West, Florida, during the mid-century expansion of tourism in the Florida Keys.

As highway travel increased and the Overseas Highway connected the islands more fully to mainland visitors, Key West developed a reputation for relaxed tropical lodging, open-air dining, and colorful street-front architecture. Hospitality properties promoted shaded courtyards, stucco facades, and vine-covered walls as visual markers of a subtropical retreat distinct from inland Florida.

The image shows a white stucco building accented with climbing greenery, red-and-white striped awnings, and outdoor umbrella tables along the street frontage. Mature trees frame the property, and the printed caption along the lower border reads Gulf Stream Hotel and Restaurant, Key West, Fla. The reverse indicates standard postcard correspondence layout.

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