Hotel Raleigh – Historic Reproduction
![Hotel Raleigh, [ca. 1900] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/28/283d071642f6-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Hotel Raleigh, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Raleigh was one of the large hotels on Pennsylvania Avenue, the city's ceremonial boulevard, where it stood close to the Willard and other hotels that drew congressmen, lobbyists, and visiting officials. Around 1900, these establishments were central to Washington's social and political life, serving as meeting places for business and as gathering points during inaugurations and other public events. The James M. Goode Collection item records the building as it appeared at the turn of the century, when hotel architecture often combined showy façades with busy street-level entrances. Look closely at the street and the people on the sidewalk to get a sense of how the district worked at that time.
| Created / published | [ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900. |
| Notes | James M. Goode Collection. No. G32. Courtesy D.C. Lib."" |
| Subjects | Raleigh Hotel (Washington, D.C.) Hotels & taverns--Washington (D.C.)--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,153 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167913 |
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