Letter: Holographic ink letter on Meyer's Hotel, Hoboken, stationery, December 9, 1890. Single leaf lined notepaper, printed letterhead, 5-7/8" wide x 9" high; [2] pp.
Letter to "Mamma" from her daughter "Frances" who had just arrived on a train (likely the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad) from Chicago (although she and "Carl" apparently departed from some point in Wisconsin.) They were leaving on a "boat" tomorrow for Berlin, Germany (apparently sailing on a Hamburg-American or Bremen {North German Lloyd] Line steamship.)
The hotel at Third and Hudson Streets is depicted on the notepaper.
Acquisition
Accession
2010.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.