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From the Ground Up
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Series Name:
From the Ground Up: Langston Hughes in Lawrence, Kansas
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From the Ground Up: Langston Hughes in Lawrence, Kansas
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Title:
Free-State Hotel
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Free-State Hotel
Title
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Creator Name:
Alfred Lawrence
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Alfred Lawrence
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Creator Role:
photographer
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photographer
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false
Date:
1913
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1913
Date
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Address:
701 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas
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701 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas
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Latitude (GPS):
38.58.261N
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38.58.261N
Latitude (GPS)
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Latitude (DD):
38.971016666666667
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38.971016666666667
Latitude (DD)
false
Latitude (DMS):
38° 58' 15.66"
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38° 58' 15.66"
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Longitude (GPS):
95.14.158W
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95.14.158W
Longitude (GPS)
false
Longitude (DD):
-95.235966666666667
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-95.235966666666667
Longitude (DD)
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Longitude (DMS):
-95° 14' 9.48"
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-95° 14' 9.48"
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Map Link:
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<a href="http://www.google.com/maps?q=38.971016666666667,-95.235966666666667&z=14&t=h&hl=en" target="_blank">Google Maps</a>
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Description:
Free-State Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St., on the site of the present Eldridge Hotel (1913). This is a vintage photograph of the hotel where Langston Hughes could have worked as a boy. It was built after the 1863 raid by William Quantrill. This hotel was torn down and replaced by the building that now houses the Eldridge Hotel. In his autobiographical novel, Hughes describes brass spittoons of the hotel, and At the rear of the lobby was the clerks desk, a case of cigars and cigarettes, a cooler for water, and the door to the men's room. Another contemporaneous photograph shows a cigar counter at the back of this hotels lobby. A women's room is now at the back of the lobby. The photograph was taken by Alfred Lawrence around 1895.
description
Free-State Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St., on the site of the present Eldridge Hotel (1913). This is a vintage photograph of the hotel where Langston Hughes could have worked as a boy. It was built after the 1863 raid by William Quantrill. This hotel was torn down and replaced by the building that now houses the Eldridge Hotel. In his autobiographical novel, Hughes describes brass spittoons of the hotel, and At the rear of the lobby was the clerks desk, a case of cigars and cigarettes, a cooler for water, and the door to the men's room. Another contemporaneous photograph shows a cigar counter at the back of this hotels lobby. A women's room is now at the back of the lobby. The photograph was taken by Alfred Lawrence around 1895.
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Rights Statement:
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<a href="http://lib.ku.edu/ftgu-use">Acceptable use Policy</a>
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