Posts tagged with "stationary"



24. November 2023
Ca. 1910 luggage label from the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai, China. From the MOFBA collection. Luggage labels were an ideal form of advertising and were stuck on to the hard surfaces of trunks and suitcases by the porters.
The Astor House Hotel was once the oldest and most reputable establishment in Shanghai, but in 1910 an unthinkable crime occurred at one of the most famous hotels of the world, that almost tarnished its reputation forever. Items acquired by us in the USA help solve the century-old mystery...