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Auditorium Hotel Chicago Illinois IL Mobilgas Sign Downtown Scene Postcard
The Auditorium Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, stood adjacent to the landmark Auditorium Building, home of the Auditorium Theatre designed by Adler & Sullivan and completed in 1889, and the street scene with a visible Mobilgas sign, flying American Flag, and vintage automobiles reflects the commercial and transportation character of Downtown Chicago during the 1920s through 1950s when signage and automobile traffic reshaped the urban streetscape.
🖼️ Information on the Front of the Postcard
📝 In-Scene Text
Mobilgas (on building rooftop sign, with Pegasus logo)
CHICAGO\'S OWN HOSPITALIZATION CENTER NO. 2 (on a sign above the main entrance of the building)
🏢 Publisher Information
23 A (top right corner)
74318 (bottom right corner)
💬 Captions
Auditorium Hotel, Chicago (top left corner)
📬 Information on the Back of the Postcard
Here is the analysis of the postcard back image:
📮 Address
Not visible
📅 Postmark & Stamp
Not visible (The card has a printed box stating \"PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE\" but no actual stamp or postmark is present.)
🏛️ Publisher & Postal Note
* **Publisher:** \"PUB. BY CHAS. LEVY CIRCULATING CO., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS\" and \"TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS\" REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS. INC., BOSTON, MASS.\"
* **Postal Note:** \"THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES\" (on the left side) and \"POST CARD\" (in the center, stylized) and \"PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE\" / \"MADE IN U. S. A.\" (in the stamp box).
📌 Context
This postcard features a \"divided back,\" which was introduced in the United States on March 1, 1907. This format allowed for a message to be written on the left half of the back, while the right half was reserved for the address and stamp. The instruction \"PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE\" indicates the postal rate for postcards at the time. This 1-cent rate was in effect in the US from 1898 to 1917 and again from 1919 to 1925. Given the \"divided back\" format, this card most likely dates from after March 1907 and falls within one of these 1-cent postage periods.
Tichnor Brothers Inc. (Boston, Mass.) was a major American postcard publisher, well-known for their \"Tichnor Quality Views,\" and were prolific from the early 1900s through the mid-20th century. Chas. Levy Circulating Co. (Chicago, Illinois) was a significant distributor, indicating this particular Tichnor postcard was distributed by Levy in the Chicago area. The card is unwritten and unmailed, making it a \"mint\" example.
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