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Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells, TX

Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells, TX
Description:

A postcard of the Crazy Hotel from about 1930. The "crazy" burned in 1925, and this is a view of the rebuilt hotel which opened in 1927. It was considered state of the art and built with solid masonry interior walls to make it fire proof. The facility is currently (2008) used as a retirement home.
Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: Unknown
Partner(s):
Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Collection(s):
A. F. Weaver Collection
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Creator:
Unknown
Crazy Hotel, Mineral Wells, TX
Original Creation Date: Unknown
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Description:

A postcard of the Crazy Hotel from about 1930. The "crazy" burned in 1925, and this is a view of the rebuilt hotel which opened in 1927. It was considered state of the art and built with solid masonry interior walls to make it fire proof. The facility is currently (2008) used as a retirement home.
Language: English
Subject(s):
Partner:
Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Collection:
A. F. Weaver Collection
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Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: AWO_2037N
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth38070
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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