WOOSTER, OHIO : STREET SCENE : LIBERTY STREET: OLD CARS : ICE CREAM : REXALL

This vintage linen postcard features a street scene in Wooster, Ohio. Antique cars are prominently seen parked diaganally up the street. Note the Hotel, Ice Cream Parlor, and Rexall Drug Store. The postcard has not been mailed. It was published by Curt Teich (Chicago) and distributed by Stout’s News Agency (Wooster). (SOLD)

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THE ORIENTAL HOTEL : TROLLEY : DALLAS, TEXAS : RPPC : (1912)

This vintage real photo postcard features the Oriental Hotel, which was located in Dallas, Texas. The street scene includes a working trolley. The hotel opened in 1893 and was referred to as “Field’s Folly” because of it’s extravagant elegance. Field was a real estate man active in Dallas in the 1870’s through the 1890’s. He was also a  talented promoter of his city. The hotel was demolished in 1924 to clear the way for the construction of a new hotel. This postcard was published by Davidson Brothers as part of a series (no.1189 A). The card was postmarked in Dallas in 1912. SOLD

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