Detail View: Savannah Postcard Collection: Hotel DeSoto Court Garden and Swimming Pool, Savannah, GA
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Title:
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Hotel DeSoto Court Garden and Swimming Pool, Savannah, GA
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Description:
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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.
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Subject:
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Gardens
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Subject:
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Historic buildings
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Subject:
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Hotels
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Subject:
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Swimming pools
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Publisher:
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E.C. Kropp Co.
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Date:
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1923-1930
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Coverage:
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Savannah (Ga.)
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Coverage:
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Georgia
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Language:
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English
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Type:
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Still Image
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Extent:
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3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
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Format/Medium:
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Postcards
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Format/Medium:
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Lithographs
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Source:
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Savannah Postcard Collection, MS 016, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Relation:
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Catalog Record: https://library.scad.edu/record=b1273050
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Rights:
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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.
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