Hotels -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John A. Elliott Stoddard Hotel Collection
Collection — Box MISC 67, Folder: 5
Identifier: MISC MSS 347
Abstract
The John A. Elliott Stoddard Hotel Collection includes materials related to the Stoddard Hotel, including a 1935 edition of The Wisconsin Restaurateur; a 1947 program for the La Crosse Airport Dedication; financial documents dated March 1928-February 1929; a postcard advertising the Stoddard Hotel; and a map of La Crosse, Wis. which outlines the best route and mileage to the Stoddard Hotel from the highway (circa 1920s-1930s).
Dates:
circa 1920-1947
Stoddard Hotel Remodeling Materials,
Collection
Identifier: MSS 131
Abstract
Photocopied materials include personal correspondence between Virginia Baker, daughter of Stoddard Hotel owner Calvin Baker, and her future husband, John A. Elliott. The bulk of the materials (all photocopied) relate to the 1929-1931 remodeling of the Stoddard Hotel. The modernization effort included new plumbing fixtures, interior decoration and furniture for the guest rooms which had the flavor of the Art Moderne style. An issue of The Wisconsin Restaurateur from October 1935...
Dates:
1918-1935; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1931