Description
Step back in time to the rustic charm of the Homestead Room at Galesburg’s Greater Hotel Custer, a replica of a Lincoln-era interior. This sepia-toned postcard showcases its brick fireplace, wooden walls, and period furniture, promising a comfortable stay in one of 225 air-conditioned rooms. The postcard, likely from the 1930s, boasts rates from $3.00 to $7.50 and highlights other hotels under the same management.
Front Text (cleaned):
Interior Homestead Room, Hotel Custer, Galesburg, Illinois
Back Text (cleaned):
The Greater Hotel Custer
225 Rooms, Galesburg's Largest and Only Fireproof Hotel
Under Schimmel Direction
Beautiful Air-Conditioned Guest Rooms
Rates, $3.00 to $7.50
Famous for the Homestead Room, replica of the Lincoln era
Coffee Grill…Three Crown Room
Ideal Convention Facilities
Also under Schimmel Direction:
The Cornhusker, Lincoln, Nebraska
The Blackstone, Omaha, Nebraska
The Lassen, Wichita, Kansas
Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn. Printed in U.S.A.
