Sunshine Cottages

Name/Title

Sunshine Cottages

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.201

Description

Color postcard showing a roadside motel, with a 1930s-era car parked out front. Printed caption on front reads, "Sunshine Cottages. D. V. Giroux - 128 River Street in Town, Saranac Lake, N.Y. Phone 76. Route 86. Modern Cottages and all Modern Furnishings. Connecting Baths. Inner Spring Mattresses. Officially inspected and approved by Publicity Travel Bureau." Printed by Publicity Travel Bureau, Oswego, NY. Used, divided back, white border, postmarked Saranac Lake, August 6, 1941. Handwritten message on back reads, "We are up here to-day staying in these cabins. They are grand. We have rode all day. See you soon, Alice & Charlie." Mailed to Mrs. Emily Thomas, 3 Locust St., Everett, Mass.

Subject Place

Structure

River Street, 185

Street

River Street

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Collection

Ann Pecora Diamond Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Motels, Vacations

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

White Border (1915-1930)

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

August 6, 1941

Postmark Place

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Transcription

Transcription

We are up here to-day staying in these cabins. They are grand. We have rode all day. See you soon, Alice & Charlie.

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in