Postcard of the Eldridge Hotel Barber Shop

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Title

Postcard of the Eldridge Hotel Barber Shop

Subject

Historic buildings -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the inside of the Eldridge Hotel barber shop on the front. Photograph shows three different work stations with men sitting in the chairs getting shaves. The photographer can be seen in the mirror behind the middle workstation. On the back is a note to Mr. E.E. Hodges in Holden, Missouri from Otesman in Lawrence, Kansas. Note indicates the sender of the postcard is one of the barbers who was photographed and the barber shop is the one in the Hotel Eldridge. Postmarked April 26, 1911. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 3/3/1994 from Lenexa.

Creator

Otesman, Unknown

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Unknown

Date

4/26/1911

Contributor

Fitzpatrick, Charline
Postma, Sally
Carttar, Rosalea
Carttar, Peter

Rights

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Format

Still Image

Language

English

Type

Postcard

Identifier

1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_144a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_144b)

Coverage

Eldridge Hotel
701 Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kans.)
4/26/1911
3/3/1994

Abstract

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the inside of the Eldridge Hotel barber shop on the front. Acquisition information on the back. Note on the back.

Date Modified

4/26/1911

Is Part Of

Album 1: Start to Massachusetts Street Stores

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Sally Postma on March 3, 1994.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Files

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/a7906e19c3a4220e8d2a2318c942c03e.jpg
https://history.lplks.org/files/original/84bf53a9385e075f7b82adedb8315c24.jpg

Citation

Otesman, Unknown, “Postcard of the Eldridge Hotel Barber Shop,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 22, 2024, https://lplks.omeka.net/items/show/460.

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