Lakeland, FLORIDA - Munn Park - 1959:  Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay Area, located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa. According to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 112,136.  Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.  European-American settlers arrived in Lakeland from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina in the 1870s. The city expanded in the 1880s with the arrival of rail service, with the first freedmen railway workers settling here in 1883.  They and European immigrants also came because of land development opportunities with farming, citrus, cattle and phosphate industry developing. Lakeland is home to the 1,267-acre Circle B Bar Reserve.  The Munn Park Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on November 3, 1997) located in Lakeland, Florida. It is named in honor of the city's founder, Abraham Munn. The district is bounded by East Bay Street, North Florida Avenue, East Orange Street, and East Main Street. It contains 48 historic buildings and 1 object.  The central feature of the district is Munn Park. On June 3, 1910, the Daughters of the Confederacy erected a Confederate monument in the center of the park (shown at the end of the walkway).   It was removed March 22, 2019.  This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1959, is in good condition.  Tichnor Brothers. Boston, Mass.  No. LA-58.