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"Baker Hotel" Menu

Description: This photograph illustrates an October 1929 menu from the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, a "Baker Hotel" (located in Austin, Texas), similar to the one that opened in Mineral Wells in 1929 is shown here. The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells was apparently one of a chain of hotels. This menu serves as a reminder of that fact.
Date: 1929?
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Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[D. W. Griffith]

Description: D. W. Griffith is shown standing on the roof of the new Crazy Hotel, which opened in 1927; and replaced the First Crazy Hotel, which had burned in 1925. Mr. Griffith, who produced silent movies including the "Keystone Kops" comedies, and the classic film "Birth of a Nation", was a guest at the Crazy Hotel while visiting Mineral Wells in 1929. A commemorative postage stamp was issued in his honor on May 27, 1975. Local folklore has it that Mr. Griffith was impressed by the "WELCOME… more
Date: 1929
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Paramount Hotel Remodel: Notes

Description: Plan for remodeling the Paramount Hotel in Ranger, Texas. It includes two pages of notes. The first page has dimensions and the second a drawing. Both are labeled "Paramount Hotel", "Thomas C. Weekes, Manager", "Ranger, Texas".
Date: 1929~
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.
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