Barker Hotel postcard
Got a neat birthday present to myself in the mail today: this old linen postcard of the Barker Hotel in Los Angeles which was the first place Mom and her sister lived on their own after they moved out from Utah. They shared a room there from 1936-1938.
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I admit the postcard's not very impressive in itself, but in terms of my collection, finding a postcard of the Barker was kind of a holy grail type thing. I didn't even know one existed until I found it on eBay. Even then I was lucky as it was spelled "Baker Hotel" in the listing. If I hadn't already known through family pictures what the front of the place looked like, I'm sure I would have missed it.
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I admit the postcard's not very impressive in itself, but in terms of my collection, finding a postcard of the Barker was kind of a holy grail type thing. I didn't even know one existed until I found it on eBay. Even then I was lucky as it was spelled "Baker Hotel" in the listing. If I hadn't already known through family pictures what the front of the place looked like, I'm sure I would have missed it.