Mayflower Hotel (Date Unknown)

Mayflower Hotel (Date Unknown)
Vintage white border postcard depicting the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, Ohio.

The description on the front of the card:
In Akron, it’s the Mayflower Hotel.
Theo. DeWitt, President.

Estimated Date: 1925-1930 (based on white border and cars in the image)

Era: White Border Era
Condition: Unused

Back of the postcard.

Publisher: E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Made in the U.S.A.

E.C. Kropp was a printer and publisher that began producing chromolithographic souvenir cards and private mailing cards in 1898 under the name Kropp. The E.C. Kropp Company was later founded in 1907 in Milwaukee, Wis., and produced large numbers of national postcards and other subjects. The company’s linen cards had a noticeably fine grain. L.L. Cook purchased the company in 1956 and they are now part of the GAF Corp. U.S.
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Rights Info: Public Domain

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