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Hotel La Salle, La Salle and Madison Sts., Chicago, 1910

Subject
Hotels & Inns
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Hotel La Salle, La Salle and Madison Sts., Chicago, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hotel La Salle, La Salle and Madison Sts., Chicago, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

Elevated view of the Hotel La Salle at the corner of La Salle and Madison Streets in downtown Chicago. The tall hotel rises above the sidewalk, its red-brick and white-stone facade topped by a mansard roof and a flag; awnings and pedestrians line the street below, with commercial blocks pressing in on either side. The corner sat in the dense commercial heart of the Loop, surrounded by offices, shops, and hotels.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Sistie - will be in Rockford Sunday I am expecting you have rich and nice [illegible] you are a great deal better now We have been moving you know. Advance that, as we have a nice place now Love to all Emma 2124 Lawrence st

PublisherFranklin Post Card Co.
Hotel La Salle, La Salle and Madison Sts., Chicago.
PostmarkedChicago, IL, July 22, 1910, 15:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss L. C. Mitchel

R. F. D. Sodus, NY

From2124 Lawrence av

Postcard record

Postmarked, Chicago, IL
PublisherFranklin Post Card Co.
SeriesNo. 326.
ConditionFair
Place addressedMiss L. C. Mitchel, R. F. D., Sodus, NY
Place depictedHotel La Salle, Chicago, IL
Place depictedChicago, IL
PublisherFranklin Post Card Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesTinted halftone printed to the edges, no white border; large circular stain/watermark over the left side of the facade and dark smudges near the lower left. Postmark: CHICAGO, ILL. JUL 22 3 30 PM 1910 (machine cancel: KINZIE STA.). Divided back; pencil message written sideways along the left edge; light toning and edge wear; dealer pencil notation at lower right.

Cite this card

Hotel La Salle, La Salle and Madison Sts., Chicago, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-la-salle-la-salle-and-madison-sts-chicago-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.