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Hotel Pfister’s annual staff Christmas party, Milwaukee, 1938.
According to the hotel’s website, when the Hotel Pfister opened in 1893 

It was the most lavish hotel of its time, constructed at a cost of over $1 million, with groundbreaking features such as fireproofing, electricity throughout the hotel and thermostat controls in every room. 


via: Milwaukee Public Library
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Hotel Pfister’s annual staff Christmas party, Milwaukee, 1938.

According to the hotel’s website, when the Hotel Pfister opened in 1893 

It was the most lavish hotel of its time, constructed at a cost of over $1 million, with groundbreaking features such as fireproofing, electricity throughout the hotel and thermostat controls in every room. 


via: Milwaukee Public Library

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