Triumph of Art In Hotel Interiors at Russell Lamson
Decorators led by N Lawrence Geary designed and oversaw the 60 room hotel scheme with harmony across lobby mezzanine dining and private rooms. Wiffany walls mulberry velvet rose tones and floral borders unify walls carpets hangings and woodwork while French room and Ladies Boudoir feature freehand painting and amethyst accents.
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Russell-Lamson
N. Lawrence Geary
T. 3. Gleich
Chicago
Ant ‘Adams
Commercial Street
Handsome Cigar Stand to Open at New Hotel
The cigar stand at the new hotel will be operated by Hope Martin with four or five clerks. It sits in the office and uses walnut lumber finished to please. A wall case with a rolling top locks magazines, reducing clerical workload.
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Hope Martin
Great Quantities of Provisions Furnished by Local Concerns
The Russell Lamson Hotel and Ellis House will source most foodstuffs locally with Swift & Co. supplying groceries and Waterloo merchants handling the bulk of purchases. Estimated annual replenishment runs near 150000 dollars, with meat from Bath Packing and seafood from Rockland Maine, plus in house bread and ice cream production and a high capacity electric freezer.
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Swift & Co
Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
John Casey
Ellis
Russil-Lamson
Bath Packing Company
Chicago
Rockland
Maine
J. B. Walker Company of
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Company
Eady
Stairways and Drink Fountains at Hotel Russell Lamson
The reinforced concrete stairs with iron nosings are topped by Vermont marble. Lobby wood railings and iron on upper floors mark the design. Two stair sets exist, one for guests and a service stairway at the rear. Artesian drinking fountains on each floor corridors are described as a luxury. Mrs. J. H. Lamson of Anamosa will attend the opening tonight.
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Russell-Lamson
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