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Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1912. "Aragon Hotel, Forsyth & Julia Streets." The humble hostelry last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
I'm just fascinated by the fact that only a few windows have shades. I would have figured that in Florida before A/C, that would be a pretty standard way of making the temperature in those rooms bearable, and also that the hotel would have them on all rooms, or none of them, for uniformity. I wonder what's going on there.
[Most of these windows do indeed seem to have roller shades. They're just not all pulled down. - Dave]
Should have said "awnings". As another commenter noted, are the awnings around a special suite or something?
I guess the corner rooms with the awnings on the windows are part of the President's Suite?
I wasn't sure what a Merchant Tailor was vs any other tailor. I had to tinker with the search criteria a little, but I soldiered on. Eventually, I spied a good definition. A merchant tailor is a tailor that owns their own business, supplies their own cloth, and designs then make the clothing they sell.
Also, wasn't Aragon that fella from the Harry Potter novels?
As evidenced by the Anheuser-Busch logos on the windows.
I went looking for floorplans and photos but instead found this article in the March 1913 edition of The Bulletin -- A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of Hoo-Hoo. The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, Incorporated is a fraternal and service organization with members in the forest products industry.
In February 1913 a concatenation was held at the Hotel Aragon. It was not well attended, but not because the menu was lacking. I left the adjoining article about a cancatenation held the same month in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where attendance was much better. Perhaps because their "menu" included Jew's Delight -- I'm sure no offense was meant.
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How does one get down from the roof? That's a big drop from there.
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