ICONIC ESTABLISHMENTS
Image | Title | Summary | Author | Published | Category | hf:tax:document_category |
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![]() | 20th Century Fox Studio Restaurants | A brief introduction to the history of 20th Century Fox Studio and its restaurants. | Larry R. Paul | 11/23/2019 | Restaurants | restaurants |
![]() | Bevo Mill Restaurant, St. Louis, MO | In 1916, August A. Bush, Sr. of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company built Bevo Mill with an entrance that replicated an authentic Dutch mill, complete with 60-foot diameter wooden-blade wind sails. | Larry R. Paul | 11/19/2019 | Restaurants | restaurants |
![]() | Bloomingdale's Part 1 – Railroad Dining Car, Le Train Bleu | A discussion about the Bloomingdale's French railroad dining car, Le Train Bleu, located on the 6th floor of the New York department store. | Larry R. Paul | 03/20/2019 | Department Stores | department-stores |
![]() | Bloomingdale's Part 2 – Other Restaurants | A discussion of the other restaurants at Bloomingdale's New York department store. | Larry R. Paul | 03/21/2019 | Department Stores | department-stores |
![]() | Boston City Hospital | Founded in 1864, Boston City Hospital was a city-funded public hospital dedicated to poor patients. | Larry R. Paul | 10/02/2019 | Hospitals | hospitals |
![]() | Brown's Candies | Brown's Candies was located in Detroit, Michigan, around the turn of the 20th century. | Larry R. Paul | 11/24/2019 | Restaurants | restaurants |
![]() | Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago | The Edgewater Beach in Chicago offered several dining areas including its three-level main dining room, known as the Marine Cafe and its fifteen private dining rooms with seating capacities from 10 to 1,000. | Larry R. Paul | 12/17/2019 | Hotels | hotels |
![]() | Ellis Island | The Federal Government opened its new immigration facility on Ellis Island, N.Y., on Jan. 1, 1892. Before its closure on Nov. 12, 1954, almost 12 million immigrants were processed there. | Larry R. Paul | 11/30/2021 | Immigration | immigration |
![]() | Goldblatt's, Chicago, IL | Brothers Nathan and Maurice Goldblatt opened their first store in 1914 on Ashland Avenue in Chicago, IL, and later opened their five-story flagship store at 1613-35 W. Chicago Avenue in 1928. Goldblatt's featured quality merchandise at low prices. | Larry R. Paul | 04/08/2019 | Department Stores | department-stores |
![]() | Greater Pittsburgh Airport | Opening on May 31, 1952, the new Greater Pittsburgh Airport cost $33 million. Designed by architect Joseph W. Hoover, it was the largest international airport in the world at the time and contained a 60-room hotel and a 300-seat movie theater. | Larry R. Paul | 11/15/2019 | Airports | airports |
![]() | Hangar Club NYC | The Hangar Club, located at 34-36 E. 63rd Street in New York City, New York, opened in 1930 as a mens club dedicated to aviation. | Larry R. Paul | 11/21/2019 | Clubs | clubs |
![]() | Horn & Hardart | Horn & Hardart Automats china patterns and ephemera. | RWCN | 04/28/2020 | Automats, Restaurants | automats restaurants |
![]() | Howard Johnson's | China patterns used by Howard Johnson's, an iconic U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels, founded in 1925 by Howard Deering Johnson. | RWCN | 05/03/2020 | Hotels, Restaurants | hotels restaurants |
![]() | Jack Dempsey's Restaurant | Legendary Jack Dempsey and his restaurant. | Larry R. Paul | 11/04/2019 | Restaurants | restaurants |
![]() | Jackson China – Promotional Butter Pats | Jackson China Company took advantage of their available supply of butter pats to create advertising pieces that could be presented to potential customers as a business card. | Larry R. Paul | 07/06/2020 | Advertising | advertising |
![]() | Kloeber Sanatorium | The history and demise of the grand Kloeber Sanatorium which opened in 1900 in Green River Hot Springs, Washington and burned to the ground ten years later. | Larry R. Paul | 10/21/2019 | Sanatoriums | sanatoriums |
![]() | Marshall Field and Co., Chicago, IL | Marshall Field (1835-1906) was a pioneer in the department store business and his retail operation was among the finest. | Larry R. Paul | 04/12/2019 | Department Stores | department-stores |
![]() | Morris Gordon Company | A history of the Boston hardware store that expanded into food service distribution. | Larry R. Paul, Philip Lord | 07/27/2022 | Distributors | distributors |
![]() | Paul McCobb – Advertising Platters | Distinctive Paul McCobb-designed platters with tab handles were used by Jackson China as promotional items. | Larry R. Paul | 11/13/2019 | Advertising, Designers | advertising designers |
![]() | Paul McCobb – Jackson China | Jackson China hired Paul McCobb in the late 1950s to help increase sales. Paul McCobb (1917 – 1969) was an important mid-century Industrial Designer, best known for his mass-produced furniture designs. | Larry R. Paul | 11/10/2019 | Designers | designers |
![]() | RCA Building – Radio Room | A look at the restaurants of the 70-story RCA Building, which opened in May, 1933 and is located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York. | Larry R. Paul | 10/29/2019 | Buildings, Restaurants | buildings restaurants |
![]() | Terrace Plaza Hotel | The Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati opened in 1948. It was designed in the International Style and included a circular restaurant with commissioned mural by Joan Miró. | Larry R. Paul | 05/30/2020 | Hotels | hotels |
![]() | Time-Life Building – Hemisphere Club & Tower Suite | The 48th floor of the Time-Life Building served as the members-only Hemisphere Club during the day and became the Tower Suite public dining room at night. | Larry R. Paul | 11/04/2019 | Buildings, Clubs | buildings clubs |