Whitehall hotel and porches, Camden, ME, 1921

Subjects: Automobiles Hotels & Inns
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1921 (White Border)

Back of Whitehall hotel and porches, Camden, ME, 1921, c. 1921 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

Whitehall, a large white clapboard hotel with a green roof and broad porches, stands behind a stone wall and mature trees in Camden, Maine. A dirt road runs in front, where an early automobile is parked, and the sky is tinted pink. The scene fits Camden's role as a summer resort on Penobscot Bay, and the porches are the kind of gathering space such hotels offered guests. Annie asks whether the recipient remembers the place. She is in Camden with Addie, shopping and taking in the Knox-Waldo Music Festival, and notes that she has cleaned house every day since arriving. The message catches a summer visit mixing errands, entertainment, and a day off.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Do you remember this place? Am down to Camden with Addie shopping and we are taking in the Knox-Waldo Music Festival. Have cleaned house every day since arrived. This is my day off. - Annie

Addressed to

Mrs Alice Sawyer

Walnut St. Clinton, ME

Postcard record

Publisher	The Huston-Tuttle Book Co.
Series	216224
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs Alice Sawyer, Walnut St., Clinton, ME
Place depicted	Whitehall, Camden, ME
Place mentioned	Camden, ME
Publisher	The Huston-Tuttle Book Co., Rockland, ME
Notes	White border; vertical crease/scratch near left edge; halftone dot pattern. Postmark: circular cancel struck over the publisher's L&L logo, dated 1921, remainder illegible. Divided-back card with white border; pencil message written sideways along the left half. No stamp present — stamp box at top right carries handwritten 'R-2 / 150'. Card is toned and edge-worn.

Cite this card

Whitehall hotel and porches, Camden, ME, 1921, postcard, c. 1921. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/whitehall-hotel-and-porches-camden-me-1921. Accessed November 2, 2026.