Sepia Saturday

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This week Sepia Saturday bloggers are invited to post photos inspired by the grand illustration above. Ah, I remember travel. In pre-COVID times I stayed in many. Some elegant, most not so much, but still inviting. Here's some hotels of long ago.

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Philadelphia's Indian Queen Hotel


Indian Queen Hotel. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1831. Philadelphia: Childs & Inman. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670199/.



Chicago, Auditorium Hotel and Michigan Ave. Illinois Chicago, 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649191/.



Kunishige, Artist. Tsukiji Hotel. Japan Tokyo, None. [Japan: tsujiokaya, between 1850 and 1900] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002700198/.


Palmer House Hotel, No. 1, burned in the Chicago Fire. Potter Palmer gave it to his wife Bertha in 1870.

Palmer House Hotel No. 2, Chicago, after the fire



Comments

  1. Mike BrubakerMarch 7, 2022 at 9:42 AM

    Great examples of historic deluxe hotels. They look more grand than many royal palaces which was probably the hook to attract patrons. Probably also had more hotel staff than a royal household.

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  2. Barbara RogersMarch 7, 2022 at 10:23 AM

    Good to see more hotels...though I have visited many places, I usually stayed with friends or in a motel!

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  3. ScotSueMarch 8, 2022 at 10:19 AM

    A grand display of grand hotels which matched the prompt photograph so well.

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