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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Postcard back, the New Hotel of Murrieta
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PC-002-171B
Postcard back of the New Hotel of Murrieta Mineral Hot Springs
07/09/1914
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This card's divided back bears a handwritten message and address in cursive using dark blue ink; a legible postmark; an intact, cancelled postage stamp; and the location and publishing information.
Divided backs; Postage stamps; Postmarks; Mrs. Sarah Barrett
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Janssen Litho Company, San Francisco, California
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
Yes
PC-002-171A
7/8/14
Dear Mother,
Arrived O.K. but some dusty and shook up. 85 miles in five hours. Hot as the other place. 109 ° in the shade. $15 for room with only one left. 300 guests--will get cheaper room as soon as possible. Extra for blanket. water tastes rotten.
[written upside down at top of card] I took a bath as soon as I arrived- fainted. To[sic] hot.
Mrs Sarah Barrett,
Pacific Beach,
Calif.
[postmark] Murrietta Cal. 6 AM Jul 9, 1914
[postage stamp one-cent green Washington Scott design A140]
[printed at top of message space on back of card]
Message from Murrieta Mineral Hot Springs
Murrieta, Cal.
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TIFF
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