Typophile

Fat rounded serifs

tdelger

It's a hand painted awning, wondering if it's hand drawn or a font.

Nick Curtis

I would say that it's hand-painted, based loosely on Cooper Black...

Donald H. Tucker

Some substitutes
Blanchard Inland -- a font from Inland Type foundry circa 1900 -- by Paulo W
http://www.dafont.com/blanchard-inland.font?text=HOTEL+MERIT
WoodStevensBold by Paulo W
http://www.dafont.com/wood-stevens-bold.font?fpp=100&text=HOTEL+MERIT
Westin Black
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/millertype/westin-black/
Goudy Heavyface
http://www.myfonts.com/search/goudy+heavyface/fonts/
Don

Donald H. Tucker

The lettering might have been based in part on Buffalo, a popular typeface in the early 20th century by the H.C.Hansen foundry:


Virtually identical typeface sold in Europe as Kolonial. No digital.
Don

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