There is still a Galt House in Louisville. It is the official hotel of the Kentucky Derby and is now a 25-story building with 1,300 rooms. I don't think it's in exactly the same location either. it looks like it may have migrated across the street.
Here's the back of the card:
Very strange card indeed. Pretty sure I stayed in a hotel on Main Street, Louisville several years ago on a work trip - needless to say it looked nothing like this.
ReplyDeleteLooks more like a piece of folk art than a post card, I like the bright yellow carriage though!
ReplyDeletehehee. Downtown Louisville is a really awful caricature of this now... It's always been a Dead ZOne.
ReplyDeletethis looks like a little piece of art from someone who was quite creative.
ReplyDelete& thank you for your comforting comments about Priscilla. She's home now & doing well.
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It's fun to go over the image and make guesses as to what is drawn and what was on the original photo. "Galt House" sign looking a bit hand lettered. Street lamp on right not real. It's like one of those hidden pictures. There are 10 fake items in this image. Can you find them?
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ReplyDeleteYou may change your mind when I post another card of downtown Louisville next week.
"Alex, I'll take Literary Characters for $1000."
ReplyDelete"And the answer is: 'Her detractors said the protagonist of this famous 1957 novel was named after author Ayn Rand struggled with a bout of diarrhea in Louisville, Kentucky's Galt House john.'"
Sorry, Christine, my sixth grade class clown got the better of me. Jack/Youngstown
What a wonderful postcard! The casual capture of the different vehicles is so interesting.
ReplyDeleteWow, very bizarre! A great find.
ReplyDeleteWith humility, I withdraw the word, "always".
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