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The Laurel House hotel, Lakewood, New Jersey, circa 1905

Subject
Hotels & Inns
Card type
Printed photo
Front of The Laurel House hotel, Lakewood, New Jersey, circa 1905, printed photo postcard
Front
Back of The Laurel House hotel, Lakewood, New Jersey, circa 1905, printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A halftone view of the Laurel House, a large multi-story hotel, seen through a screen of bare trees and beneath a rustic pergola or veranda frame in the foreground. Lakewood, in Ocean County, New Jersey, was a fashionable winter resort in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its grand hotels drew wealthy seasonal visitors. The Laurel House was one of the town's hostelries pictured on souvenir view cards of the period.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear pal * 212: Your letter & letter again received. Many thanks. I am a wheelchair invalid victim of infantile paralysis. I like the club fine. I have over 60 letters now & hope to get many more yet. My good luck to them Thanks a million. Arthur Fisher pal # 13 Recd Dec 21st 1944

PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
The Laurel House, Lakewood, N.J. --- Sol-Art Prints No 791 The Rotograph Co., New York City (Germany) THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS. POST CARD Place Stamp Here Domestic One cent Foreign Two cents
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Postcard record

PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
ConditionGood
Place depictedThe Laurel House, Lakewood, NJ
Place depictedLakewood, NJ
PublisherThe Rotograph Co., New York, NY
NotesBlack-and-white halftone print with a wide blank band at the bottom carrying the printed caption in script; light edge and corner wear, slight toning of the stock. No postmark; handwritten receipt note "Reed Dec 21st 1944" at bottom. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS"), Sol-Art Prints / Rotograph Co. imprint printed in Germany, red "POST CARD" heading and stamp box. Light edge wear, slight toning.

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The Laurel House hotel, Lakewood, New Jersey, circa 1905, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-laurel-house-hotel-lakewood-new-jersey-circa-1905. Accessed October 24, 2026.