Pennsylvania Avenue at night showing searchlight from The Raleigh on the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Subjects: Hotels & Inns Monuments & Memorials Street Scenes
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Pennsylvania Avenue at night showing searchlight from The Raleigh on the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

Night view of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., with the Raleigh Hotel illuminated and a searchlight beam shining toward the Washington Monument. Streetcars and automobiles are visible on the avenue.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Mrs. Edith M Morey in Washington for a few days

Pennsylvania Avenue at night showing searchlight from The Raleigh on the Washington Monument --- POST CARD (FOR ADDRESS ONLY) PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE The Raleigh This handsome fireproof hotel on the European plan accommodating 700 guests, is situated on Pennsylvania Avenue, at Twelfth Street. Centrally located between the White House and the Capitol, on Washington's famous thoroughfare, it is convenient to all public buildings, theaters, business and shopping districts. The site of the famous Kirkwood House, where the Presidential Oath of Office was administered to Andrew Johnson by Chief Justice Chase, April 15, 1865. This space may be used for correspondence

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Postcard record

Condition	Good
Place depicted	Washington, D.C., Washington, DC
Place depicted	Washington, DC
Place mentioned	Washington Monument, Washington, DC
Place mentioned	Washington, DC
Notes	White border; light wear; possible crease at right edge. No postmark (card appears unmailed). Divided back with 'PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE' box; printed advertisement for The Raleigh hotel, Washington, D.C. Handwritten note in blue ink written in the address area. Back shows foxing/staining and a creased/torn upper-left corner.

Cite this card

Pennsylvania Avenue at night showing searchlight from The Raleigh on the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pennsylvania-avenue-at-night-showing-searchlight-from-the-ra. Accessed October 5, 2026.