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Hotel Jamestown on a downtown corner, Jamestown, NY, 1925

Subjects
AutomobilesHotels & InnsStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1925 (White Border)
Front of Hotel Jamestown on a downtown corner, Jamestown, NY, 1925, c. 1925 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hotel Jamestown on a downtown corner, Jamestown, NY, 1925, c. 1925 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The Hotel Jamestown stands on a downtown corner, a large red-brick hotel with an American flag flying above and automobiles and pedestrians at street level. The view places it in the commercial heart of Jamestown, a Chautauqua County city in western New York that was then a busy furniture-manufacturing center. Lucy E. Campbell of Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, sent the card to Edna Blythe in Richmond, Virginia, in January 1925, closing her short note with the formal "I remain as every Lucy E Campbell." Cards like this carried everyday family news between small towns and cities across state lines in the 1920s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Sugar Grove Jan 24/'25. Pa. Dear Edna today while thinking of you all I thought I would write you a card we are all well and hope you all are the same love to mama Papa - and all of the rest of the family. I remain as every Lucy E Campbell.

PublisherHARRY H. HAMM CO.
25. HOTEL JAMESTOWN, JAMESTOWN, N. Y.
PostmarkedSugar Grove, PA
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss. Edna Blythe

Parrish, 25th Richmond, VA

Postcard record

PostmarkedSugar Grove, PA
PublisherHARRY H. HAMM CO.
Series25
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss. Edna Blythe, Parrish, 25th, Richmond, VA
Place depictedHotel Jamestown, Jamestown, NY
PublisherHARRY H. HAMM CO., Toledo, OH
Stamp2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
Stamp2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; color halftone print; light edge staining and corner wear. Postmark: [illegible] GROVE JAN 24 5 PM. Divided-back "CommercialChrome" card published by Harry H. Hamm Co., Toledo, Ohio; white border on front; pencil message; water staining at upper left corner.

Cite this card

Hotel Jamestown on a downtown corner, Jamestown, NY, 1925, postcard, c. 1925. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-jamestown-on-a-downtown-corner-jamestown-ny-1925. Accessed November 2, 2026.