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Domed resort hotel with autos, South Portland, ME, 1913

Subjects
AutomobilesHotels & Inns
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1913 (Golden Age)
Front of Domed resort hotel with autos, South Portland, ME, 1913, Miss Pauline Robinson, NY, USA, c. 1913 real photo postcard
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Back of Domed resort hotel with autos, South Portland, ME, 1913, Miss Pauline Robinson, NY, USA, c. 1913 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

A long, multi-story resort hotel with a central domed tower and American flag stands behind a broad lawn. Turrets, awnings, and a curving drive give it the look of a grand summer hotel, and several early open automobiles with passengers are parked or moving across the grounds. The scene dates to the early automobile age, when such hotels still served travelers arriving by carriage and car and used lawns and drives as formal approaches.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

August 18th Expected to have lunch here but couldn't quite make it, judging from orders don't think we could have raced the drive, stopped instead at the Camp of America— nothing but Jerusalem! built but today and roads contain carefully densely. A.E.H.

POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE HERE NAME AND ADDRESS HERE
PostmarkedSOUTH POI[NT], NY, August 18, 1913, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Pauline Robinson

Westport Sem Westport on Lake Champlain, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked, SOUTH POI[NT], NY
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Pauline Robinson, Westport Sem, Westport on Lake Champlain, NY
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; real photo print; no printed caption; early automobiles suggest circa 1910. Postmark: SOUTH PO[RT] AUG 18 8PM 1913 ME. Divided-back card with white border, real-photo style; message written sideways in pen; 1c Franklin stamp slightly torn at right edge.

Cite this card

Domed resort hotel with autos, South Portland, ME, 1913, postcard, c. 1913. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/domed-resort-hotel-with-autos-south-portland-me-1913. Accessed November 2, 2026.