Kevin J. James - Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel

Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel

TOURISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE

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TOURISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE: 52

Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel

Kevin J. James

CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS

Bristol Blue Ridge Summit

This book is dedicated with affection and gratitude to the
memory of two great mentors, illustrious scholars, and friends:
Alastair J. Durie and James G. Snell

DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/JAMES6591

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Names: James, Kevin J., author.

Title: Histories, Meanings and Representations of the Modern Hotel/Kevin J. James.

Description: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA: Channel View Publications, [2018] | Series: Tourism and Cultural Change: 52 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018012561| ISBN 9781845416591 (hbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781845416614 (epub) | ISBN 9781845416621 (kindle)

Subjects: LCSH: HotelsHistory. | HotelsSocial aspects. | Hospitality industryHistory. | Hospitality industrySocial aspects.

Classification: LCC TX908 .J358 2018 | DDC 647.9409dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012561

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A catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN-13: 978-1-84541-659-1 (hbk)

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Contents

Front Cover Image:

Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, QC, about 1923

Anonymous

Photograph, glass lantern slide

MP-0000.158.14

McCord Museum

Figure 1.1 England, The Old Inn on village street in
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, ca. 19341969

The Clarence W. Sorensen Collection Safety
Negatives

Original Item ID: England 236

From the American Geographical Society Library,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries

Figure 1.2 General view from Paris Hotel, Tunis,
Tunisia, ca. 1899

Photomechanical print: photochrom, colour.

From the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue F Scenic, Architectural and Marine Views,

Call Number: LOT 13427, no. 016

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division Washington, D.C.

Figure 1.3 The Buffalo Mountains from Eurabin Hotel,
published 1886

Photographer: Nicholas Cage, 18371918

Photograph: albumen silver

Libraries Australia ID 49204872

Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection

Figure 1.4 European couple and an African man wearing a
European suit and fez, in front of the Grand
Hotel, Khartoum, n.d.

Object ID 23-1-29-2

Image courtesy of the Melville J. Herskovits
Library of African Studies Winterton Collection,
Northwestern University

Hospitality Archives, Hilton College,
University of Houston

Detroit Publishing Company postcards

Offset photomechanical print

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d976ca90-c62c-012f-5813-58d385a7bc34

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art,
Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

From The New York Public Library

Figure 2.2 Big Fork Hotel and Post Office, Mena, Arkansas,
late 1890s or early 1900s

Creator unknown

Photograph

Identifier 2560

Calvin Geological Photographs

The University of Iowa Paleontology Repository

Photographer: Berenice Abbott, 18981991

Photograph: gelatin silver print, matte,
double weight paper

UUID: d612c320-c60c-012f-7d18-58d385a7bc34

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art,
Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

From the New York Public Library

Figure 2.4 Kitchen staff, Brown Hotel, Louisville,
Kentucky, 1929

Photographic print

Item no. 1994.18.0768

Herald-Post Collection

University of Louisville Photographic Archives

Photographer: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.

Acetate negative

Call Number/Physical Location: LC-G613- 66993

Gottscho-Schleisner Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division Washington, D.C.

Figure 2.8 Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
General view of lobby, 1955

Photographer: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.

Acetate negatives.

Call Number: LC-G613- 66988

Gottscho-Schleisner Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division Washington, D.C.

Figure 2.9 Grand staircase and lobby, Hotel Touraine,
Boston, Mass, ca. 19081909

Publisher: Detroit Publishing Company

Date Issued: 19081909

UUID: ddbc2fc0-c62f-012f-f431-58d385a7bc34

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art,
Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

From the New York Public Library

Hospitality Archives, Hilton College,
University of Houston

Detroit Publishing Company postcards

Offset photomechanical prints

UUID: 9886feb0-c62b-012f-fadc-58d385a7bc34

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art,
Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

From the New York Public Library

Call number: LOT 3247

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

Figure 3.3 A group of young war worker-residents in a