Fort Sumter Hotel

Description

Color postcard of the Fort Sumter Hotel, captured soon after it opened, showing the south and east elevations. Also shows guests are arriving and pedestrians are on the sidewalk, and the street corner (King Street and Murray Boulevard).

Captioned: New modern, fireproof, tourist hotel, situated on the Battery, an ideal location on the water's edge, swept by ocean breezes, overlooks the Harbor and affords a bird's-eye view of entire Charleston.

Postmarked February 11, 1926.

"Tichnor Quality Views" made by Tichnor Bros., Inc."