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Large resort hotel with central dome and flag, with early automobiles on lawn

Subjects
AutomobilesHotels & Inns
Card type
Real photo
Date
Postmarked August 18, 1913 (Golden Age)
Front of Large resort hotel with central dome and flag, with early automobiles on lawn, Miss Pauline Benson, NY, USA, 1913 real photo postcard
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Back of Large resort hotel with central dome and flag, with early automobiles on lawn, Miss Pauline Benson, NY, USA, 1913 real photo postcard
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About this subject

A long, multi-story resort hotel with a central domed tower flying an American flag, numerous turrets and awnings, sits behind a broad lawn. Several early open automobiles with passengers are parked or driving on the curving drive in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

August 18th Expected to have lunch here but could not quite make it, judging from orders dont think we ever have reached the office, stopped instead at the Camp of America - nothing but Jerusalem! built but today and roads contain carefully densely. A.E.H.

POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE HERE NAME AND ADDRESS HERE
PostmarkedSouth Portland, ME, August 18, 1913, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Pauline Benson

Westport Inn, Westport on Lake Champlain, New York

Postcard record

Postmarked, South Portland, ME
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Pauline Benson, Westport, NY
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border; real photo print; no printed caption; early automobiles suggest circa 1910. Postmark: SOUTH PO[RT] AUG 18 8PM 1913 ME. Divided-back card with white border, real-photo style; message written sideways in pen; 1c Franklin stamp slightly torn at right edge.

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Large resort hotel with central dome and flag, with early automobiles on lawn, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/large-resort-hotel-with-central-dome-and-flag-with-early-aut. Accessed October 5, 2026.