Mayor LaGuardia relaxing. Washington D.C. In the Cocktail Room of the Mayflower Hotel the New York Mayor is shown in a moment of relaxation with two of his aides. Left to right: Paul V. Betters, Secretary of the Mayor's conference held here in Washington and Mayor Florello Laguardia of New York City and Clandenin Ryan, Secretary to the Mayor
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A group of men sitting around a table.
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The Mayflower Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. The largest luxury hotel in the District of Columbia, the longest continuously operating hotel in the Washington D.C., it is known as the "Grande Dame of Washington", the "Hotel of Presidents", and as the city's "Second Best Address" (the White House is the first). The Mayflower Hotel was built by Allen E. Walker, Initially called the Hotel Walker, it was to have 11 stories, 1,100 rooms, and cost $6.2 million ($87,650,497 in 2016 dollars). It opened on February 18, 1925.
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Date
1900 - 1940
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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