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Oaks Hotel, Clear Lake, Iowa

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Looking northwest at the Oaks Hotel, built in 1893, was one of Clear Lake's most renowned summer hotels until its destruction by fire July 20, 1922. Four stories high, the Oaks held 40 rooms. It is currently called the Hilltop Motel and located at 10 Allens Alley, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. 1915 postmark. Number 42141.
Title Oaks Hotel, Clear Lake, Iowa
Alternative TitleAllen Motel
Alternative TitleAllen's Hilltop Motel
Alternative TitleHilltop Motel
Index Date 1915
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Commercialchrome print, divided back.
citation/reference Clear Lake High School Alumni Association (https://clearlakeiowaalumni.org/); Clear Lake Remembered, The Oaks Hotel (http://clearlakeremembered.com/oakshotel.html)
Date Issued 1915?
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Clear Lake (Iowa)
Topic Public accommodation facilities
Topic Hotels
Topic Dirt roads
Topic Cerro Gordo County (Iowa)
Topic Oaks Hotel
Topic Allen Hotel
Topic Allen's Hilltop Motel
Topic Hilltop Motel
Cartographic 43.140343, -93.390604
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_cleara0017
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_cleara0017
Identifier (local) grinnell:14477
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/14477
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