Bad Elmen / Germany: Hotel Kurhaus Gradirwerk (Vintage PC Litho 1900)

vintage multi-view lithographed postcard from bad elmen (sachsen-anhalt), titled hotel kurhaus bad elmen. the front features a highly detailed color lithograph showing the grand hotel kurhaus with visitors strolling on the promenade, flanked by views of the bohrturm, lindenbad, schwanenteich with a rowboat, and the historic gradirwerk (gradierwerk) graduation tower with a children's playground. an advertisement text praises it as a first-class house (haus I. ranges). the front contains a handwritten birthday thank-you message in german cursive dated august 7, 1900.
the reverse side features an undivided back issued by the deutsche reichpost (postkarte) addressed to frau kaufmann caroline engelke in voelpke near eilsleben. it bears a green 5 pfennig stamp postmarked gross-salza on august 7, 1900, alongside a circular arrival postmark from voelpke (prov. sachsen) dated august 8, 1900. the bottom left front edge shows the printer mark scherl in leipzig.

postally used in 1900

condition: very good..please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of postcard

ansichstkarte, ak, postkarte, postcard, carte postale, tarjeta postale, 葉書, deutschland, germany