Pontchartrain Hotel
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Description
Ten-story Ponchartrain Hotel in center, with the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument to the left. Street-cars, other vehicles, and pedestrians visible. Printed on the front: "Ponchartrain Hotel, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Made expressly for S.H. Knox & Co. Printed in Germany." Handwritten on back: "Dear Joe, read your letter ok this noon. Nell and I just came back from Oxley in Canada where we spent our vacation, had a dandy time. I saw Edith on the boat last Monday and she said she was coming up ... etc." Card is postmarked September 8, 1908.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh000249
- Subject:
- Plazas--Michigan--Detroit
- Hotels--Michigan--Detroit
- Monuments--Michigan--Detroit
- Central business districts--Michigan--Detroit
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- S.H. Knox & Co.
- Date:
- c.1908
- Format:
- 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Streets-Campus Martius
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.