Color view of the Hotel Sir Francis Drake rising above neighboring downtown buildings, with two American flags on the roof and pedestrians and vehicles passing along the street below. The caption bills it as San Francisco's most famous hostelry, boosterism for a hotel that opened in 1928 near Union Square. By the 1930s it was a familiar San Francisco landmark, presented here as a tall modern addition to the city's hotel district.
White border; artist's signature in lower left of image; linen-era textured stock.
No postmark. Divided-back hotel advertising card (Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco); white border, textured stock. Faint erased pencil scribble at upper right, no legible message. Small surface scrape at left of correspondence panel.
Cite this card
Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco, CA, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-sir-francis-drake-san-francisco-ca-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.
