Postcard: Continental Hotel & Passenger Transfer Co., 101 Hudson St., Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked May 20, 1913.
Entry/Object ID
2013.005.0157
Scope and Content
Postcard: Continental Hotel & Passenger Transfer Co., 101 Hudson Street, Cor. First Stree[t], Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked Hoboken, May 20, 1913
Printed cardstock, blue ink, 3-3/8" wide x 5-1/2" high; divided back.
A wealth of information about travel just prior to World War I. See notes for text.
See archives 2009.006.0124 for the same printed card as an advertising trade card. It is the same on the front in all respects except that it is printed in black; the back of that version is not imprinted for use as a postcard, but it has a printed map.
Acquisition
Accession
2013.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1913 - 1913
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1913
Date(s): 1913
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
General Notes
Note
Notes: Archives 2013.005.0157
Text on front at top:
Morris Bauman, Pres., Telephone 687 Hoboken.
Continental Hotel & Passenger Transfer Co.,
101 Hudson Street,
Cor. First Stree[t], Hoboken, N.J.
Newly Furnished and Renovated.
Central vignette is a depiction of the hotel exterior, "The Perfect Place for European Travelers", flanked by "Under New Management" running vertical at both edges.
Text below vignette: Opposite the Piers of: Hamburg-American Line, North German Lloyd, Holland-Amerika[sic] Line and within 10 minutes wal of the Scandinavian American Line. The Cunard, White Star, Red Star, American, French and Anchor Line Piers are reached within 15 minutes. The Terminals of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western, Erie, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Railroads are within 2 to 10 minutes of the Hotel. The Pennsylvania, New York Central and Baltimore Ohio R.R. Terminals are reached within 20 minutes.
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Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-06-26
