Postcard: Meyers Hotel, Hoboken, N.J. With reverse imprinting: Come to Hoboken and Meyers Hotel. Welcome the Fleet. N.d., probably June 1934.
Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0035
Scope and Content
Postcard, commemorative: Meyers Hotel, Hoboken, N.J. With reverse imprinting: Come to Hoboken and Meyers Hotel. Welcome the Fleet. No date, probably June 1934.
Black-and-white postcard, 3-1/4" high x 5-9/16" wide; divided back, imprinted; unused.
Back is imprinted in red where message to be written:
[depiction of a ship]
Come to Hoboken and Meyers Hotel
Welcome the Fleet
Real Old Fashioned Hospitality will be Extended to You.
(Although the name is stated as Meyers, the name on the building has the apostrophe in the name, Meyer's.)
See notes.
Acquisition
Accession
2012.007
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
1934 - 1934
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1934
Date(s): 1934-1934
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: See objects 2006.044.0103 for a postal commemorative that dates this item. Description of it:
Hoboken "The Mile Square City" Greets the U.S. Fleet. Educational & Industrial Center. Seaport & Railroad Terminus. Sponsored by Hoboken Businessmen's Association. Cancellation mark of U.S.S. Detroit, June 1934. 3-5/8" high x 6-1/2" wide.
Envelope holds a postcard of the Meyer's Hotel, Hoboken, which has adhered to flap adhesive; not removed.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-02-24
