Postcards
"wish you were here!"
A souvenir of your visit
The Gardens of the Nations, the Rockefeller Center in New York and the Derry and Tom's Roof Garden (Derry Gardens) in London were popular with the general public as soon as they opened their doors to visitors in the 1930's. And those visitors, who flocked to these magnificent attractions in their thousands, wanted to send the ubiquitous postcard to family and friends at home and abroad.
​As well as postcards, numerous printed guidebooks of black and white and colour images were also produced. And, in London, trinkets such as Irish linen tea towels and crockery depicting the various gardens were available to purchase.
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The following images are some of those postcards. There is no doubt that tens of thousands were produced, written and sent over the years. This is just a small selection.​
New York
Spanish Garden - Garden of the Nations
English Garden - Garden of the Nations
Gardens on the British Empire Building
& La Maison Francaise on Fifth Avenue
Spanish Garden
Garden of the Nations
International Rock Garden
Garden of the Nations
Japanese Garden - Garden of the Nations
Gardens on the British Empire Building and La Maison Francaise on Fifth Avenue
Gardens on the British Empire Building and La Maison Francaise on Fifth Avenue
London
Spanish Garden - Campanile
Spanish Garden - Campanile
Spanish Garden - Well of St Theresa
Spanish Garden - Moorish Gates
Spanish Garden - Raised beds
Spanish Garden - Court of Fountains
Tudor Garden - Tudor Court
Tudor Garden - Tudor Court
Woodland Gardens - Waterfall
Woodland Garden - Sun Pavilion
Spanish Garden - Raised beds
Tudor Garden - Tudor Court
Tudor Garden - Tudor Court
Woodland Garden - Waterfall
Woodland Garden - Sun Pavilion
Woodland Garden - Wooden Bridge
Woodland Garden - Sun Pavilion
Woodland Garden - Picking apples
Irish Linen Tea Towel with images of the gardens
Roof Gardens Guide 1966 edition