Lotus Club, Lake Contrary Photo Postcard, c. 1910

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Lotus Club, Lake Contrary, c. 1910: Black-and-white photo postcard depicting the front view of the Lotus Club at Lake Contrary, showcasing a grand two-story white building with tall pillars, a wraparound porch, balcony, steeple turrets, and a circular lane with a central flower garden.
Lotus Club, Lake Contrary, c. 1910

Black-and-white photo postcard depicting the front view of the Lotus Club at Lake Contrary, showcasing a grand two-story white building with tall pillars, a wraparound porch, balcony, steeple turrets, and a circular lane with a central flower garden.

Name/Title

Lotus Club, Lake Contrary Photo Postcard, c. 1910

Entry/Object ID

AM1965.22.16

Scope and Content

Lotus Club, Lake Contrary Photo Postcard, c. 1910. b/w photo of front of club house, a two-story white building with tall, pillared front, porch on first floor with balcony above. Steeple turrets, Circle Lane with flower bed. Full on front view. On back: "This series of St. Joseph News-Press Post Cards Consists of 16 subjects. A Post Card Coupon cut from the St. Joseph News-Press gets you one card. 15 coupons get you the entire series. No charge." "It was built in the 1880's by the St. Joseph Boating Association as a private men's Club for $50,000. In 1900, The St. Joseph Railway, Light and Power Company bought it, changed the name and turned it into a hotel. In its heyday, it had a dance floor built over the lake, tennis courts, and hotel-hosted regattas. It burned in 1924 and was never rebuilt.... St. Joseph, A Postcard History....Davis/White.

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

Search Terms

Lakes, St. Joseph Entertainment, Lotus Club, Lake Contrary

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 2, 2014

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Notes

AM2003.025.00076