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Hotel Statler and St. Louis landmarks, St. Louis, MO, 1954

Subjects
Hotels & InnsSteamboats & RiverboatsTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1954 (Chrome)
Front of Hotel Statler and St. Louis landmarks, St. Louis, MO, 1954, c. 1954 linen postcard
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Back of Hotel Statler and St. Louis landmarks, St. Louis, MO, 1954, c. 1954 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A composite view of St. Louis centers on the Hotel Statler tower, with Mississippi riverfront steamboats and bridges, a church spire, and the equestrian Apotheosis of St. Louis before a classical building. The Statler opened in 1917 as one of downtown St. Louis's grand hotels. The statue, sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus, depicts King Louis IX and was displayed at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition; it now stands in Forest Park outside the Saint Louis Art Museum, the former Palace of Fine Arts. Mabel's note mentions lunch and continuing to Davenport, Iowa, after a rainy night and a warm day.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

July 8 - 1934 We are going to have lunch pretty soon and will then proceed to Davenport for tonight. Left here in an awful down pour last evening but it soon cleared up. Warm today. Rode yesterday over their very pretty country. Love, Mabel

PublisherHOTEL STATLER
Hotel Statler ST. LOUIS --- HOTEL STATLER, ST. LOUIS 650 Rooms with Bath WASHINGTON Ave., at St. Charles and Ninth Streets. Operated in connection with Hotels Statler, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Washington, New York and Los Angeles. Post Card THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
PostmarkedSt. Louis, MO, July 8, 1954, 14:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Ruth Strauss

1505 N. 15 Th St Boise, ID

Postcard record

Postmarked, St. Louis, MO
PublisherHOTEL STATLER
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Ruth Strauss, 1505 N. 15 Th St, Boise, ID
Place depictedHotel Statler, St. Louis, MO
Place depictedHotel Statler, St. Louis, MO
Stamp2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
Stamp2c John Adams, issued 1938
NotesLinen texture; white border; composite illustration; slight edge wear. Postmark: ST. LOUIS. MO. JUL 8 2:30 PM 1954, with slogan cancel "FIGHT YOUR INSECT ENEMIES". Divided-back card with white border, 2¢ John Adams stamp; light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

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Hotel Statler and St. Louis landmarks, St. Louis, MO, 1954, postcard, c. 1954. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-statler-and-st-louis-landmarks-st-louis-mo-1954. Accessed November 2, 2026.