Description
The Francis Scott Key Hotel in Frederick, MD, boasts 200 rooms and 150 baths, conveniently located where the National Highway crosses the Susquehanna Trail. This vintage postcard depicts the hotel and monument to Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The postcard, featuring a 1-cent stamp, dates from approximately the 1930s-1950s (based on stamp design assumptions).
Front Text (cleaned):
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY HOTEL, FREDERICK, MD.
GRAVE AND MONUMENT OF
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY,
AUTHOR OF OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM,
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Back Text (cleaned):
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (1779-1843) Author of
"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"
On board an English frigate during the
bombardment of Fort
McHenry, Baltimore,
in 1814.
Through the night he watched the
shelling of the historic fortress; at dawn
"our flag was still there," inspiration for the
writing of our National Anthem. Key's monument and burial place is in Frederick.
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY HOTEL
200 Rooms
150 Baths
FREDERICK, MARYLAND
Where the National Highway crosses
the Susquehanna Trail.
Greetings.
Mr. James I. Clarke,
10 Charles St.,
Chatham (Jamestown), N.Y.
