COLLECTION NAME:
Savannah Postcard Collection
Record
Title:
Hotel DeSoto Court Garden and Swimming Pool, Savannah, GA
Description:
Color postcard with white border and divided back, postally unused. Caption from the back of card: "Hotel De Soto Fireproof Savannah Georgia, J. B. Pound, Pres., Chas. G. Day, V. P. & Mgr. European Plan, Open All Year, Superbly located--covers entire city block. Offering splendid auto parking facilities--8900 square feet of porch space, air conditioned Tavern. Dancing Nightly (except Sunday.)" Construction on the Hotel DeSoto began in 1888. It was a Richardsonian Romanesque style building designed by Boston architect William Gibbons Preston. The publisher of the postcard was E. C. Kropp, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Subject:
Gardens
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
Hotels
Subject:
Swimming pools
Publisher:
E.C. Kropp Co.
Date:
1923-1930
Coverage:
Savannah (Ga.)
Coverage:
Georgia
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Format/Medium:
Postcards
Format/Medium:
Lithographs
Source:
Savannah Postcard Collection, MS 016, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
