Description: PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: I sell ORIGINAL items ONLY and NOT ANY reproductions. This sale is for ONE advertising LETTERHEADfrom the MARION HOTELLocated in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSASIt has a very interesting photographic image of the original building!It notes:Absolutely FireproofOwned and operated by Newcomb Hotel CompanyThis letter is dated circa 1920. The lithographer is noted as:DEMOCRAT P & L COMPANY LITTLE ROCK Very interesting content to this historical letter and signed.Notes: The Marion Hotel (also known as the Hotel Marion) in downtown Little rock (Pulaski County) was one of the most famous businesses in Arkansas for much of the twentieth century. Construction began on the hotel in 1905. The Marion was the tallest structure in the state from when it opened in 1907 until 1911. The hotel closed in early 1980 and was demolished to make way for the Excelsior Hotel (which later became the Peabody and then the Marriott) and the Statehouse Convention Center.The Marion Hotel was built by Herman Kahn, who moved to Little Rock from Frankfurt, Germany, in 1870. (Kahn’s great-grandson, Jimmy Moses, has been the driving force behind many of the developments in downtown Little Rock in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.) Kahn and his sons, Sidney L. Kahn Sr. and Alfred G. Kahn, were heavily involved in banking and real estate development. Sidney Kahn developed the Prospect Terrace neighborhood of Little Rock. The hotel was designed by architect George R. Mann. The 500-room Marion had green carpets, bellboys in green uniforms, and a marble fish pond in the lobby. The hotel was named after Herman Kahn’s wife, Marion Cohn Kahn. The Marion billed itself as the “Meeting Place of Arkansas.” The state’s top organizations held their conventions at the Marion. Its bar was named the Gar Hole and featured a large, mounted alligator gar. Famous visitors to the Marion through the years included Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Helen Keller, and Will Rogers.CONDITION: Normal letter folds, subtle flaws lower left corner by in very good condition. Sold AS IS. The "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to this letterhead. Approximate size of letterhead is 6" X 9". If you have any questions, please contact me. TERMS & CONDITIONS: Payment to EBAY upon purchase. Free shipping to the continental U.S. only. When you receive your item, PLEASE leave feedback (I will see it) and I will reciprocate feedback at that time. Please visit my EBAY store for related ephemera, antique documents and paper collectibles, at TEXASJOHNNYBOY EPHEMERA! THANK YOU VERY MUCH and GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
Price: 85 USD
Location: Houston, Texas
End Time: 2024-02-15T15:03:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
