Old Postcards from New York City to Back Home #27: Hotel New Yorker

1940 Hotel New Yorker Postcard (Front)
(Images via: NYCDreamin Archives)

1940 Hotel New Yorker Postcard (Reverse)
Hotel New Yorker - 34th Street at 8th Avenue, New York City. Tunnel connection to Pennsylvania Sta. 2500 rooms, each with radio; both tub and shower; servidor and circulating ice water. Four popular priced restaurants. Dancing nightly in the Terrace Restaurant. Rates: $3.50a day. Ralph Hitz, President.


Mailed to:
Mrs. Frank Young
3822 Rhiordan Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN

Postmark:
06/24/40

Card reads:
Dear Cleo - Letter writing seems scarce - However I think of you and yours often - Spent wkend of 6/9 in NYC - meant to drop you this card from there. I think you owe me a letter. [?] so far has been cool here. Just came in from a steak fry supper - grand picnic spots here - Expect to be Mpls - July 16 - to Aug. Love to you all - Lilli.

*Another case of very tight cursive handwriting that is somewhat prohibitive to my translating the entire message on the card. If anyone can make out any of the words I've indicated with a [?], please leave your best guesses in the comments section.

UPDATE: 12/25/10
Thanks to commenter Anonymous12:28 we have most of the words now - just missing one.

*We previously featured another copy of this postcard, that one blank and unused, back on 09/10/10.

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