The picture shows the Hotel Somerset, a large multi-story Boston hotel with red tile roofs, many windows, and rows of striped awnings, viewed across a stone wall and trees. The printed caption identifies it as the Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass. The hotel was one of Boston's large early-20th-century hostelries, and this color view was issued by the Illustrated Post Card Co. of New York.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Dear Ruth Received your letter and Chelsea Jan 1
to hear from you all are all well Mama is
going to play today we are to start Friday night
White border; handwritten message in pencil across lower front; worn corners and edge creases.
Postmark: BOSTON JAN 1 2-30P 1908 MASS. / CHELSEA STATION (flag cancel). Undivided back with printed "This Side for the Address Only."; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light edge/corner wear and a few creases.
Cite this card
Hotel Somerset, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-somerset-boston-massachusetts-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
