Postcard Penn-Harris Hotel
Title
Postcard Penn-Harris Hotel
Subject
The Penn-Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, PA.
Description
This postcard from the Penn-Harris Hotel portrays the building which I. Max Martin spent time at the Penn-Harris Hotel with his father during a savings and loan convention. The two men were given the run around, but both men were eventually accommodated. The Penn-Harris was known for its discriminatory practices throughout the 1910s and 1920s.
Creator
Harrisburg News Agency, Harrisburg, PA
Source
The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Publisher
WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014
Date
Circa 1930-1945
Contributor
John Hashagen
Rights
TBD
Format
JPG
Type
Still Image
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
5.5x3.5
Files
Citation
Harrisburg News Agency, Harrisburg, PA, “Postcard Penn-Harris Hotel,” Goin' North, accessed June 6, 2023, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/237.