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At housing luncheon. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Governor Olin D. Johnson, South Carolina, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel A. Roper, pictured at housing luncheon for state Governors at the Mayflower Hotel today. Secretary Roper hails from South Carolina

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At housing luncheon. Washington, D.C. Jan. 19. Governor Olin D. Johnson, South Carolina, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel A. Roper, pictured at housing luncheon for state Governors at the Mayflower Hotel today. Secretary Roper hails from South Carolina

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The Mayflower Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. The largest luxury hotel in the District of Columbia, the longest continuously operating hotel in the Washington D.C., it is known as the "Grande Dame of Washington", the "Hotel of Presidents", and as the city's "Second Best Address" (the White House is the first). The Mayflower Hotel was built by Allen E. Walker, Initially called the Hotel Walker, it was to have 11 stories, 1,100 rooms, and cost $6.2 million ($87,650,497 in 2016 dollars). It opened on February 18, 1925.

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1900 - 1940
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.90719, -77.03687
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