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The Dayton Biltmore hotel, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1945

Subjects
Commercial BuildingsHotels & Inns
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of The Dayton Biltmore hotel, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1945, c. 1930 linen postcard
Front
Back of The Dayton Biltmore hotel, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1945, c. 1930 linen postcard
Back

About this subject

Color view of the Dayton Biltmore, a tall multi-story hotel with a red-brick facade, light stone base and top floors, and an American flag flying from the roof. Arched storefronts and awnings line the ground floor, with a few pedestrians and vintage automobiles on the street corner below.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Grace:- How is every thing your grand trip to Florida. We wish I were going along. I have a cousin who [illegible] you nearly every winter and wants to pay this summer She gets so much fun out of it. But if you get to send me a card now & then you have dont know what a [illegible] the bottle of ink. It just [illegible] to run Notice Laura 1035 Eastman St Zanesville Ohio

PublisherWilkie Picture & Puzzle Co.
THE DAYTON BILTMORE, DAYTON, OHIO --- Post Card 11935 PUB. BY WILKIE PICTURE & PUZZLE CO., DAYTON, OHIO NATURAL COLOR POST CARD MADE IN U. S. A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. (JBY)
PostmarkedNashville, OH, November 2, 1946, 09:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Grace Sullivan

3631 Ash Street, Baltimore 11, Maryland

FromMarie Louise, 1035 Chestnut St, Nashville, Ohio

Postcard record

Postmarked, Nashville, OH
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. Grace Sullivan, 3631 Ash Street, Baltimore, MD
Place depictedThe Dayton Biltmore, Dayton, OH
PublisherWilkie Picture & Puzzle Co., Dayton, OH
Place sent fromMarie Louise, 1035 Chestnut St, Nashville, OH
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; green photo-album corner mounts at the top corners of the scan; white border not present. Postmark: NASHVILLE NOV 2 9 AM 1946. Divided-back linen-era Kropp 'Natural Color' card; light edge wear and minor foxing.

Cite this card

The Dayton Biltmore hotel, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1945, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-dayton-biltmore-hotel-dayton-ohio-circa-1945. Accessed October 5, 2026.