Spring Lake Hotel Cocktail Lounge, 1935-1950

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Artifact Overview

Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. Spring Lake, a popular oceanfront resort area in Monmouth County, New Jersey, since the turn of the 20th century, sported both fancy and modest hotels.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1935-1950

Creators

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2013.151.33

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of John Margolies.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.375 in
Width: 6.75 in