https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/ Out-of-Town Built in 1927 - 10 stories high. The Hotel Lamar is still standing and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94061886 94061886 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94061887 94061887 New Orleans https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94061888 94061888 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94062543 94062543 June 1928 - Formal charges against five men in connection with the robbery of the Marberc hotel early Wednesday, when three armed bandits escaped with a money drawer containing $2270 in cash, were filed in the criminal district court Friday. Four of the men were charged with assault and robbery, and the fifth with being an accessory. The men charged are Samuel LaRocca, alias Jack Lewis, 25 years old, 2808 St. Ann street; John Mitchell, 28, 3327 Canal street; Lee O'Neil, 23, 2806 Castiglione street, and William Ebberman, 22, 2634 Dublin street, all charged with assault and robbery. Alexander J. Cordona, 20, 1220 Dumaine street is charged with being an accessory before and after the act. According to police, LaRocca, O'Neil and Mitchell were the three bandits who held up the night cashier of the hotel and took the money. LaRocca has been identified as one of the bandits by the bell boy and negro porter at the hotel. Cordona is alleged by police to have received the empty money box from the bandits, following the robbery, and Ebberman is alleged to have borrowed a meat cleaver from the cook in the Olympia restaurant, 1006 Iberville street, for the purpose of destroying the money box before it was burned. The restaurant is underneath the soft drink establishment, operated by Cordona, to which the bandits are alleged to have fled following the hold-up. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94061889 94061889 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94063318 94063318 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94063319 94063319 Located in the historic Gaslamp district in San Diego, Calif., the Ramada Gaslamp Convention Center-The Historic St. James Hotel, exudes early 20th-century ambience. The hotel lobby features intimate seating areas, 1913 crystal chandeliers, vintage elevators and a marble staircase. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94061890 94061890 The Eureka Inn in Eureka, California, is a four story, 104 room Elizabethan Tudor Revival or Tudorbethan architectural style hotel, which dates from 1922. In 1982 the structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For both architectural and cultural reasons, the hotel is one of the most important buildings on the far North Coast of California. The hotel opening and dedication in 1922 coincided with the opening of the Redwood Highway between Eureka and San Francisco. A large property for those times, the Eureka Inn was the premier full service lodging between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94062376 94062376 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94063317 94063317 Still in operation, this San Francisco boutique hotel, built in 1914, is within 2 blocks of Union Square and a cable-car stop. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94062766 94062766 The Hotel Californian still exists and stands at the intersection of Kern Street and Van Ness Avenue in downtown Fresno, California. In adherence to the Italian Renaissance and Beaux-Arts design tradition, the Hotel Californian?s primary façades are visually divided into a two-story base, a shaft of five floors, and a capitol formed by the eighth floor and roof parapet. The nine-story structure originally served as a fashionable hostelry and housed various retail and commercial office spaces. The building currently provides housing for low-income seniors and many of the ground floor spaces have been converted for use as retail storefronts. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94786483 94786483 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94786484 94786484 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94901267 94901267 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94901268 94901268 Built in the 1920's, the former hotel site is now home to the Congress Center. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94901571 94901571 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=94901572 94901572 In 1937, Joe "the Yankee Clipper" Di Maggio and his brother Vince decided to open a restaurant on the Wharf, called ?Joe Di Maggio?s Grotto,? and the huge electric sign showed Joe in his familiar baseball hitting stance. The walls of the restaurant itself were lined with pictures of Joe?s and his brothers Dom?s and Vince?s baseball buddies. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95300818 95300818 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95300819 95300819 Named in honor of former Alabama Senator John Hollis Bankhead who served in Congress from 1907-1920. Here's the Hollywood link J.H. Bankhead was Tallulah Bankhead's grandfather. This Beau Arts style hotel is now a senior housing complex https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95961320 95961320 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95961321 95961321 https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95964723 95964723 Built in 1929. The hotel's namesake, W.A. McCartney, Sr. came to Texarkana at the age of four (in 1874) and became one of the towns most prominent citizens - even becoming known as Texarkana's unofficial historian. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95961322 95961322 Designed to be pedestrian-friendly, the lobby and mezzanine were accessible from the south, east, and west facades. A ballroom and roof attached to the mezzanine. There have been no drastic alterations since the hotel's opening day and its beautiful gold and silver Art Deco interiors remain intact. The mezzanine features an elaborate skylight and another notable features include marble wainscotting and a curved marble staircase. https://vintagematches.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=95961323 95961323 The lobby and Crystal Ballroom in the historic Rice Hotel (now utilized as loft space) have been lavishly restored to their original 1913 design. 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