Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

8.05.281

Description

Billiard Hotel Demolition. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 3 1/4". Description: black and white photograph of the Billiard Hotel being demolished, razed to make way for the addition to the E. F. Johnson Company located behind it in the 200 block of 2nd Avenue South West, Waseca, MN; this hotel was located on the south side of West Elm Avenue; 205 West Elm Avenue, Waseca, MN.

Context

Waseca business: E.F. Johnson Co.; E.F. Johnson Company; E.F. Johnson Corporate Headquarters; E.F. Johnson Company Corporate Headquarters; E.F. Johnson Co. Corporate Headquarters; E. F. Johnson Co.; E. F. Johnson Company; E. F. Johnson Corporate Headquarters; E. F. Johnson Company Corporate Headquarters; E. F. Johnson Co. Corporate Headquarters. Waseca business: Billiard Hotel. Paul and Mary (Radloff) Billiard were owners and proprietors of a successful Waseca Hotel. The Billiard Hotel was a misnomer as it was actually The Nora House and later The Nicollet House. It's location was 215 West Elm south side of the street and a half block of the M & ST Louis Railroad Depot. The well known hotel and boarding house with the Billiard family operating it for over 40 years. In 1937, it became The Snow's Chicken Hatchery. In 1945, E.F. Johnson Company bought the building and tore it down.

Cataloged By

amanda

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

May 20, 2005

Update Date

November 21, 2024