Lower Monroe St. with Hotel Pantlind, Grand Rapids, MI, 1907
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A view down Lower Monroe Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the yellow-brick Hotel Pantlind and its rooftop sign dominating the center of the block. Streetcars, horse-drawn carriages, and a few early automobiles share the wide paved street, and an American flag flies from a pole at left. The Pantlind opened in 1875 and was long the city's leading hotel. It was largely rebuilt in 1913 and later became part of the Amway Grand Plaza. The scene predates that rebuilding, when trolleys and open carriages still mixed with the first automobiles on a downtown commercial street.
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Grand Rapids, MI |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Will P. Canaan |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte Barrett, Amesbury, MA |
| Publisher | Will P. Canaan, Grand Rapids, MI |
| received | Amesbury, MA |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Thin white margin at edges; diagonal white scratch/abrasion across the sky and a small blue mark at the left edge; fine halftone dot texture typical of color-printed cards of the divided-back era. Postmark: GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DEC 9 (duplex cancel); receiving mark: AMESBURY MASS. DEC 9-30A 1907. Divided-back "POST CARD / THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE" stock; imprint along left edge "Published by Will P. Canaan, Grand Rapids, Mich."; 1c green Franklin stamp; light toning and edge wear; brief message from Papa. |
Cite this card
Lower Monroe St. with Hotel Pantlind, Grand Rapids, MI, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lower-monroe-st-with-hotel-pantlind-grand-rapids-mi-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.