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Title: St. Louis Up to Date - page 27
Page From: info:fedora/umsl:9517
Date: 1895
Description: Image of the third Planter's Hotel that existed in St. Louis from 1891 to 1976.
Text: PLANTER‘S HOTEL.

Title: Olympic Theatre Building
Description: 9.25x7.25 in photograph of the Olympic Theatre Building. The first Olympic Theatre was built in 1866. That building was demolished in 1882, to be replaced by this one. The site is on Broadway between Walnut and Elm opposite the Southern Hotel and adjacent to the St. James Hotel.

Title: Chestnut from Broadway West
Description: Photograph looking west down Chestnut across Broadway. The Hurst's Hotel is on the left. Some sources refer to this as the new Hurst's Hotel to distinguish it from another on Fourth Street.

Title: From Courthouse. North
Description: Photograph of St. Louis looking north from the courthouse. Looking across Chestnut Street, the Planter's Hotel on the right takes up a large portion of the image. Various buildings on Broadway can be seen on the left.

Title: St. Louis de Ville - Poolside
Date: 1963-07-01, 1963-07-05
Description: "Guests of the St. Louis de Ville Motor Hotel, 4483 Lindell bl., relax at the sunken swimming plaza. The $5,000,000 motor hotel opened for business Monday. The de Ville is owned by Melvin and Harold Dubinsky, St. Louis real estate investors, and Paul Kapelow, a New Orleans investor and construction magnate.

Title: St. Louis de Ville Hotel - Translation
Date: 1973-05-23, 1973-05-27
Description: "Several languages come in handy as Joseph Balderacchi of Italy (right) explains table arrangements to Pedro Fonseca (center) in Spanish and then translates into French for benefit of Andre Bigot."

Title: Maryland Gardens Apartments - Fairmont Hotel exterior, to be renovated
Date: 1976-07-16, 1976-07-16
Description: "Another Strauss total rehabilitation contract is the old Fairmont Hotel, No. 7 Maryland Plaza, where 99 hotel rooms will be converted into 63 modern apartments at the cost of $1 million. Rents will average $164 a moth for studio apartments and $206 for one-bedrooms. Owner is Alfonso J. Cervantes, former mayor of St. Louis who has undertaken redevelopment of a combination residential-commercial

Title: St. Louis de Ville Motor Hotel
Date: 1963-04-19, 1973-04-23
Description: "Nearing completion on Lindell boulevard at Taylor avenue are two projects. Building in the foreground is the St. Louis de Ville luxury motel hotel, which is being built east of Taylor. Beyond the motel is the new Lindell Terrace Apartments, west of Taylor."

Title: 4th Str. fr. Market Str. N.
Description: Photograph of Fourth Street in St. Louis looking north from Market towards Chestnut. The courthouse and the second Planter's Hotel are on the left.

Title: Mielke's Lunch Stand and Hotel Francis
Description: Photograph of Mielke's Lunch Stand, the Hotel Francis and Walter J. Noble Whiskey and Wine store. People are standing in front of the stores looking at the photographer. Many business signs and a menu for the lunch stand are visible.

Title: Planter's Hotel. 1874
Date: 1874
Description: 14x11 in photograph of the Planter's Hotel in 1874 from the southeast corner looking across Market Street.

Title: Lindell Hotel St. Louis
Date: 1891, 1965-03-14
Description: This Boehl street scene photo was taken looking west on Washington Avenue at Sixth Street in 1891. The building on the northwest corner at right is the Lindell Hotel, which was rebuilt in 1874 after having been destroyed by fire. Spurred by an offer of $100,000 from Washington Avenue businessmen, who felt a major hotel would encourage commerce on the street, reconstruction was started on the

Title: Westside of 12th Street from Olive. North
Description: Photograph of the west side of Twelfth Street in St.Louis looking north from Olive Street. Two tall buildings are in focus. The one on the left is the St. Louis Star building and the one on the right is the Hotel Jefferson, later known as the Jefferson Arms. The Jefferson Hotel was designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett and built in 1904.

Title: Scenes and Incidents of the Destruction of the Southern Hotel
Date: April 28, 1877
Description: Cover page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from April 28, 1877. Vol XLIV, No 1,126. It features eight lithographs of the burning of the Southern Hotel in St. Louis.

Title: Gateway Hotel Relief
Date: 1975-06-03
Description: A relief depicting a lamb and a satyr on the outside of the Gateway Hotel.

Title: Illustrations of the Southern Hotel Fire in 1877 in St. Louis, Mo
Description: Text from various works surrounds illustrations of a fire that broke out in the Southern Hotel on the morning of April 11th, 1877. The text and captions are in German. The illustrations deal mainly with the victims of the fire and their rescuers.

Title: The West End Hotel
Description: Photograph of the West End Hotel on Vandeventer. A caption on the back of the photograph says "THE Residential Hotel when built."

Title: M-552 Scudder, John Missouri Hotel Lease Indenture
Date: 1836-11-15
Description: Manuscript lease indenture between John Scudder and Benjamin L. Turnbull to lease the Missouri Hotel in St. Louis. The manuscript, dated November 15, 1836, contains witness signatures and an inventory of hotel goods, including feather-beds, lamps, linens, and a Franklin stove. The document indicates the property will be used as a tavern or house of entertainment, and a list of payments is

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