Chicago, ILLINOIS - Bismarck Hotel - Garden Lounge - "We Will Mail":  Built in 1926 by brothers Emil Eitel and Karl Eitel, the Bismarck Hotel is located at 171 W. Randolph Street in Downtown Chicago, between LaSalle Street and Wells Street.  The Eitel brothers came to Chicago from Stuttgart, Germany in the early 1890s and after working selling wine and spirits and managing a south-side hotel during Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, built the first Bismarck Hotel in 1894 at its current location.  During World War I, the Bismarck, named after Germany's first Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, changed its name to the "Randolph Hotel." At the war's end, the name was changed back to Bismarck. In 1924, the old building was razed an impressive 22-story building covering nearly an entire city block was erected. Opened in 1926, the "New Bismarck Hotel" offered 600 rooms. In 1998, the Bismarck underwent a $31-million renovation and was re-opened as the "Hotel Allegro" with two new restaurants, the "Encore" and "312 Chicago," designed to look like an old-time Chicago restaurant.  The Bismarck's Lobby was updated in the late 1930s and early 1940s with a strong Art Deco influence. The custom leather curved booth-style seating had a planter on top with a classic Art Deco-style light fixture above. A large American flag hung over a fireplace demonstrating the Bismarck Hotel's patriotism during World War II.  This Photochromatic postcard features the Bismarck's Garden Lounge as "A Delightful and Popular Rendezvous."  "We Will Be Happy to Stamp and Mail".  The card is in good condition.  Thiessen Printing Corp.  Chicago.