Linen postcard of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, its red-brick towers rising behind palm trees and manicured lawns above the entrance arcade, billed as "The Host of the Coast." Opened in 1923 and designed by the New York firm Schultze & Weaver, the Biltmore was for years the largest hotel west of Chicago and a glamorous centerpiece of downtown Los Angeles, hosting several of the earliest Academy Awards ceremonies during Hollywood's golden age. This card was addressed and dated September 1938 to Mrs. Howard Frye of Poolesville, Maryland — a memento of a stay, or perhaps a wish to be there, carried across the country from the coast.

• Caption: "Los Angeles Biltmore — The Host of the Coast"
• Publisher: Litho by Crocker-Union, Los Angeles
• Status: Unposted