W. B. Probasco and James P. Lott, Burch House, Bloomington, Illinois, ca. 1869

A business card for William B. Probasco and James P. Lott, who were the proprietors of the Burch House hotel in Bloomington, Illinois, for a number of years in the 1860s. According to various sources (see below), Probasco purchased the hotel in 1866, but Lott left Bloomington and moved to Chicago in 1870, so their partnership in running the hotel lasted less than five years.

-- Burch House newspaper ad, 1869. An advertisment that ran in the Bloomington Weekly Leader, April 15, 1869, p. 7, provided the same information that's printed on the card.

-- James P. Lott moved to Chicago in 1870. An entry about "James P. Lott" in the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (1905), vol. 2, Cook County edition, p. 939, states, "In January 1861, he came with his father to Bloomington, Ill., where he at first engaged in the grocery business, and afterward conducted a hotel. Coming to Chicago in 1870, he worked for his father's firm."

-- William B. Probasco bought the Burch House in 1866 and ran the hotel until 1871. Rochelle Gridley wrote about "The Probasco Family" on her 100 Years Ago in the Pantagraph blog, July 14, 2017, observing that William B. Probasco bought "the Burch Hotel in 1866 and ran that business until 1871, when he went into the grain business."

-- William B. Probasco was in the business until 1871. A profile of "W. B. Probasco" in The History of McLean County, Illinois (1879), p. 811, confirms that "he was engaged in the hotel business in Bloomington until 1871."

Burch House,

Cor. Front and Madison Sts., Bloomington, Illinois.

Probasco & Lott, proprietors.

Transient board, $2.00 per day. General stage office.

Omnibus leaves the house. Connecting with all trains.

W. B. Probasco. Jas. P. Lott.

Taken on: February 5, 2019

Tags:

ephemera

business cards

advertising

advertisements

ads

cards

names

paper

printed

Burch

Burch House

hotels

Probasco & Lott

Probasco and Lott

Probasco

W. B. Probasco

William B. Probasco

Lott

Jas. P. Lott

James P. Lott

proprietors

Front Street

Madison Street

Bloomington

Ill.

Illinois

Victorian

19th century

nineteenth century

1869

1860s

antique

old

vintage

typefaces

type

typography

fonts

curved text

text on a curve

type:face=Stefra

typefaces identified

Stefra

Ornamented (Stefra)

Ornamented « less

Sets appears in: • Type and Lettering • Business Cards more » • Hotels and Motels • Typefaces Identified « less

Groups appears in: • Typography and Lettering • Ephemera more » • Victorian • Historical Type and Lettering • Vintage Advertising • Vintage Victorian • Early Advertising (pre 1920) • Ads Through the Ages • Vintage Typography • Vintage Travel Ephemera • Hotel Postcards & Ephemera • Printed Ephemera • Advertising through the years • Text and Typography • Victorian Ephemera & Trade Cards • vintage paper (ephemera) • DazzlePix TYPOGRAPHY & LETTERING • OLD ADVERTISEMENTS • PLANET EARTH BACK IN THE DAY • "Antique's, Vintage , Old Photos, Pics,Cards,posters • The Victorian aesthetic • Vintage Business Cards • Victoriana and Edwardiana • PLANET EARTH VINTAGE ADVERTISING • Typographie rétro, vintage typography « less

Stats: 9,839 views / 1 comment

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder