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Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Restaurateurs convention in Mayflower Hotel III

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Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Restaurateurs convention in Mayflower Hotel III

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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01/01/1939
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Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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Publication may be restricted. For information see "Horydczak Collection" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/100_hory.html)

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