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A niece-in-law tying the knot and needing a hotel to rest in between in-law ignoring. Imagery from a 1915 promotional brochure from the Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Washington State USA. So much prettier than the last hotel I stayed at. I think I’ll time travel back and move in for the winter.
Front cover of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/n6/mode/1upExterior view. Page 12 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/n11/mode/1upMain entrance. Exterior view. Page 9 (upper image) of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/9/mode/1upLobby or perhaps one of the Commercial Traveler’s Display Rooms (I think) with a most impressive lamp and an array of potted ferns. Page 11 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/11/mode/1upLobby, decorated in the Spanish Renaissance style and fixtured by the T. W. Wilmarth Company. Also more potted palms and staff members at the posts by the doorways. Page 15 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/20/mode/1upAnother view of the lobby showing its Spanish Renaissance elements and decorations. The description mentions that the colors chosen were part of the Moorish Revival style which was also very fashionable in 1915. Page 22 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/22/mode/1upAnother view of the lobby showing its Spanish Renaissance decor including the furniture, light fixtures and wrought iron balcony rail. Page 23 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/23/mode/1upDining room. Page 33 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/25/mode/1upIsabella Dining Room with more Spanish Revival chandeliers. Page 30/38 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/30/mode/1upMarie Antoinette Ballroom. Page 33/41 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/33/mode/1upStaircase with a bench and huge potted palm that leads to the Mezzanine and the Elizabethan Banquet Room. Page 36/44 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/36/mode/1upGuest room showing a man working at the desk and a view of the bathroom past the open bathroom door over on the left. Page 46/54 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/46/mode/1upManicurists in the Davenport Hair Salon in the basement of the hotel. Page 47/55 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/47/mode/1upPompeiian Rooms (marble barber shop and manicure parlors) in the basement of the hotel with the text stating that “a novel feature of this department are two rooms set apart for automobilists and others who come in off a dusty trip. Here they may bathe, have their clothing pressed, have the services of manicurist and masseur, as well as barber, and then lie down for a rest in perfect quiet before presenting themselves in dining room or at the desk.” Page 48 and 49 /56 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/48/mode/1upNot sure which room this is but I think it’s one of the automobilists’ manicure parlors. Page 61 /69 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/61/mode/1upGuest bedroom/chamber. Page 67/75 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/67/mode/1upPart of the suite for automobilists to freshen up. Page 57 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/57/mode/1up
Looks like this is/was part of a catalogue listing a number of hotels as there is a photograph of the Grand Canyon Hotel at Yellowstone National Park at the end.
The Davenport Hotel is still there with its potted palms and amazing lobby. Book a room in real time or visit them online. https://www.davenporthotelcollection.com/
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