I don't have but a hand-full of foreign postcards in my collection and will be the first foreign card that I've posted on Postcards Etcetera. I like this card on several levels. It's a transportation themed card which is one of my favorite topics to collect. I also love the look of this card. The circular design, the cities shown with the modes of transportation between them is very cool.
A sometimes rambling blog about my postcard collection, Mostly vintage, some new, a bunch of linens with a touch of chrome.
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
Hotel Shaw - San Francisco, California - 1942
The Hotel Shaw was built in 1909, originally as a two story
office building named the Capitol
Building . In 1936, five
additional floors were added and it became a first class four star property. In
the 1920's to 1940's, the hotel catered to the rich and well to do. It remained
the Shaw Hotel up until the late 1970's. The name changed to Miramar Hotel and
then the U.N.Plaza Hotel in the 1980's. It is now the Renoir Hotel.