Hotel Frantz, Myerstown, Pa. – Historic Reproduction
![Hotel Frantz, Myerstown, Pa., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1f041a3567a4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Hotel Frantz, Myerstown, Pa. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hotel Frantz, Myerstown, Pa.
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Hotel Frantz stood in Myerstown, a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and the caption card lists soda fountains among its subjects, a sign that the hotel offered more than rooms. Hotels like this often served as social centers for small towns, hosting travelers, dinners and local gatherings. Soda fountains spread through American towns from the late 1800s onward, and they drew families and young people as much as overnight guests. The card records no date, so the scene is best read as a window onto small-town commerce in Pennsylvania.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Wittemann Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Penn.--Myerstown; Hotels, Taverns, Etc.--Penn.--Myerstown; Soda fountains; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,022 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171494 |
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