1940's Diamond Shaped US Poster Stamp Shelton Hotel Luggage Label Unused

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1940

Item Description

1940's Diamond Shaped US Poster Stamp Shelton Hotel Luggage Label Unused Creased at Bottom and Top. Construction for the Shelton Towers Hotel ran from 1922–1923, and the building opened in January 1924. The building was designed by Arthur Loomis Harmon, and the developer was James T. Lee, grandfather of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It was originally only open to men. However, it opened to women later in 1924. When it opened, the hotel featured numerous "club" amenities, such as a gymnasium, a bowling alley, a Turkish bath, a swimming pool, a barber, squash courts, and billiard tables.
In autumn 1925, artists Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe moved into a two-room apartment on the 28th floor, and later moved to the 30th floor. O'Keeffe painted several works of the Shelton, or of the view from her room.
In 1926, famed escape artist Harry Houdini performed an escape from an airtight case at the bottom of the hotel pool.
The hotel was closed to the public in 1971 and was occupied only by a small number of long-term residents while developers considered proposals for renovation or even demolition. It reopened in 1979 as Halloran House after renovations funded by developer Edward Halloran. Wikipedia

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