Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

36.94

Description

Nicollet Hotel. Material: paper. Size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Description: black and white photograph of a building identified as Nicollet Hotel and Nicollet House, a hotel in Waseca. Seated in front is a family identified on the back as Paul and Mary (Radloff) Billiard, Pearl, Lulu, Esther, Adeline.

Context

Waseca business: Nicollet Hotel, Nicollet House, Waseca 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. Its 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. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; M&ST.L; M & St. L; M & St. L; M & St L; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.

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

October 26, 1994

Update Date

November 21, 2024