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Hotel Humes, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Subject
Hotels & Inns
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Hotel Humes, Mercer, Pennsylvania, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hotel Humes, Mercer, Pennsylvania, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

View of Hotel Humes and neighboring commercial buildings across a tree-shaded public square in Mercer, Pennsylvania. Horse-drawn carriages and an early automobile are parked along the street; benches and walkways occupy the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Friend I saw in the Lady's Magazine that you wanted to exchange post cards So please send me soon, so I will know if you get this one. from a Friend Amanda Spears New Wilmington Pa.

PublisherHarry H. Hamm
HOTEL HUMES, MERCER, Pa. ESTABLISHED 1812. ROOM #12 OCCUPIED by MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE 1825 --- POST CARD This space for writing This side is for the Address. Place Stamp Here THE H.H. HAMM ERIE, PA. SERIES Harry H. Hamm, Erie, Pa. (Made in Germany.) 2025 129758
PostmarkedNew Wilmington, PA
Addressed to
Mrs. G. H. Burkholder

Box 2, Clyde, Tex.

Postcard record

PostmarkedNew Wilmington, PA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. G. H. Burkholder, Box 2, Clyde, TX
Place depictedHotel Humes, Mercer, PA
PublisherErie, PA
NotesNo white border; color lithograph; caption printed at bottom; some corner and edge wear. Postmark: NEW WILMINGTON PA 1908 (day/month not legible). Divided-back card printed in Germany for Harry H. Hamm, Erie, Pa. (H.H. Hamm Series). Heavy foxing/water staining across the back, edge and corner wear; front image chipped at corners.

Cite this card

Hotel Humes, Mercer, Pennsylvania, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-humes-mercer-pennsylvania. Accessed October 5, 2026.