Byron

Description

Depicts ornate lobby of the Hotel Walton located at Broad and Locust Streets. The lobby, decorated with ornamental plaster moldings, marbles, and two mural paintings, is furnished with leather chairs and benches. Shows several guests and staff, including two African American bellhops, who wait by the check-in desk. Designed by Angus S. Wade, the hotel (formerly part of the Hotel Metropole building), was completed in 1895 and considered one of the most elegant in the city with its multiple dining rooms, reception rooms, and salons.; Byron N.Y.; Photographer's imprint inscribed in negative.; Copyright 1908 by The Rotograph Co. N.Y., a prolific postcard publisher that also issued this view as a postcard.

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