Hotel advertising cards
Collection — Folder: S1548
Identifier: S1548
Scope and Contents
Three hotel advertising cards are mounted on cardboard, three-hole-punched page, of which there are eleven. All of the cards have drawings of the hotel which is advertised. Most of the cards are 2 1/2" high and 6" wide. The oldest one is 1894 (St. Nicholas Hotel, Decatur, Ill.) and the newest are 1917 (The Samer, Salina, Kansas, and The Lee-Huckins Hotel, Oklahoma City, Okla.). The three cards on the first page are: Union Hotel, Port Huron, Mich., November 19, 1903; Hotel Conner, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., June 1, 1904; and Hotel Iredell, Statesville, N.C., with no date. The dates are handwritten. Some of the places where the hotels are located are: Tulsa, Okla.; Richmond, Ind.; Columbus, Neb.;Wichita, Kan., Newton, Kansas; and Marion, Ind.. Other states are: W. Va., Pa., Ill., Mo., N.C., Texas, and Ohio. All are black and white except two: The Regis, Peoria, Ill. is blue, and Saratoga Hotel, Danville, Ill. is red. They all depict hotel exteriors except one: The Everett House, Saginaw, Michigan, which shows the lobby with the words "Long Distance Telephone Service from Rooms" and is dated November 20, 1916.
Dates
- 1894-1917
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed 2015/03/19 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield.
- Title
- Hotel advertising cards
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
