RECENTLY DISCOVERED   UNIQUE and RARE   AUTHENTIC and ISSUED

Hotel Guest Room Card and Chosen Hotel Photograph

Location: Keijo, Chosen (territory occupied by Japan) . . . being today Seoul, South Korea

Date: Circa 1937    Approximately Eighty-Five Years Old

Size:  3 3/4 by 2 5/8 inches    

Two-Sided    Very Good Condition    See Photo Images

When the American traveler of this situation checked into the CHOSEN HOTEL located in Keijo, Chosen, the front side of this Room Card was provided to the guest showing:

• the Hotel room number was typed upon being ROOM NO. 193
• an upper case letter "M" was typed upon indicating the traveler was a male guest
• a red, white and blue American flag sticker was applied to card indicating the guest was an American passport holder

On the reverse side of this Room Card, is a color photograph of the CHOSEN HOTEL of approximately 1937 

Please carefully inspect the photo images and thank you for the interest

To acquirers for historical hotel memorabilia of this era, for the city of Keijo, this Chosen Hotel Room Card belongs in such collection  

Once called “the Ritz Hotel of the Far East”, the Chosen Hotel was, for a time, the last word in luxury and comfort in Korea. Dignitaries, statesmen, royalty, celebrities, casual travelers, and locals graced its elegant spaces with their presence 

Informative history of this unique hotel property can be found on web site of:  

colonialkorea.com/2018/02/04/the-chosun-hotel

See Seller's other distinctive 1930's publications from Japan, Manchukuo, China region at holeset2000