Detail View: Streetcar Advertising Cards: M11155.jpg
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Filename:
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M11155.jpg
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Category:
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Commerce
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Company:
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West Hotel. 5th & Hennepin, Minneapolis
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Product Status:
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Company no longer in business
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Headline:
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In Minneapolis your choice should be The West Hotel
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Card Text:
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In Minneapolis your choice should be The West Hotel. 400 Modern Rooms, Coffee Shop Food at Reasonable Prices, Bar, Fine Wines and Liquors. Conveniently located at 5th and Hennepin. Garage accommodations. $1.25 and up without bath $2.00 and up with bath
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Date:
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ca1920
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Size:
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11" x 28"
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Remarks:
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Opened in 1884, the�West Hotel�was�Minneapolis's first grand hotel. It had 407 luxuriously furnished rooms, 140 baths, and featured an immense and opulent�lobby�which was claimed to be the largest in the nation. These elements combined to make what was considered for a time to be the most luxurious hotel west of�Chicago. In 1906 a large fire burned though the hotel killing 10 people. That and a general business downturn caused the West to go through a period of decline and finally in 1940 the West Hotel was demolished.
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Source:
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Minnestota Streetcar Museum
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