Washington, DC - Dodge Hotel - pre-Zip Code, fountain, water lilies, pond

Description: Washington, DC - Dodge Hotel: Designed by New York architect Duncan Candler (1873-1949), the Grace Dodge was stately and elegant but restrained in décor. It was finished in tan brick with limestone trim and featured an enormous three-story tall entrance-way with a neoclassical pediment broken by third-story windows. In contrast with—or perhaps to complement—its other facilities that aimed to help disadvantaged young women, the Grace Dodge Hotel was conceived from the start as a for-profit enterprise, intended to be managed and operated by an entirely female staff. It offered professional women traveling alone to the Capital a top-notch hotel experience, free from the harassment by men that they would undoubtedly suffer anywhere else. Each floor had a sitting room for quiet socializing in the blissful absence of men, and, perhaps most conveniently of all, when the overworked bellhop finished hauling all that heavy luggage up to your room, you didn't have to tip her. In fact, tipping of any kind to hotel employees, even in the restaurant and lounge, was strictly prohibited. This pre-zip code postcard (before 1963) is of the hotel's entrance with its pool and gardens. The card is in good condition, but shows some edge wear. Thomsen-Ellis-Hutton Co., Baltimore, Md.

Price: 8.5 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2024-12-17T03:24:48.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD