Postcard
Stoddard Hotel
| View across intersection toward the hotel. Caption reads: "La Crosse, Wis. Stoddard Hotel." Text on reverse reads: "STODDARD HOTEL, an absolutely fireproof structure of brick, steel and stone, was built by a company of wealthy citizens, in response to a popular demand for a first-class hotel. It cost $240,000 and is one of the finest of the smaller hostelries of the northwest. The site upon which it stands was purchased by popular subscription, costing $20,000 and was donated to the builders of the hotel." |
| Image ID: | 131565 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Raphael Tuck & Sons |
| City: | La Crosse |
| County: | La Crosse |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Handwriting along right side. |
| Horses |
| Brickwork |
| Cities and towns |
| Sidewalks |
| Flags |
| Hotels |
| Horse-drawn vehicles |
| Pedestrians |
| Streets |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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