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Pair of Molly Brown's Palace Hotel Beer Steins & Cabinet Photo by W.H. Jackson [151627]

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Pair of Molly Brown's Palace Hotel Beer Steins & Cabinet Photo by W.H. Jackson [151627]
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Pair of Molly Brown's Palace Hotel Beer Steins & Cabinet Photo by W.H. Jackson.

The H. C. Brown Palace opened on August 12, 1892. It cost $2 million to build and furnish. Architect Frank Edbrooke drew up plans for the hotel. Edbrooke had just designed the Oxford Hotel (1890) at the other end of Seventeenth Street, which is now the only surviving hotel in Denver older than the Brown Palace. The result was a luxurious hotel—considered the finest between Chicago and the West Coast—in which each of the 400 guest rooms had a window (thanks to the triangular design) and a fireplace. The lobby had 12,000 square feet of Mexican onyx paneling. The eight-story atrium at its center was topped by a stained-glass ceiling and a skylight, and the eighth floor held a two-story dining room and a two-story ballroom with sweeping views of the Rocky Mountains. When it opened, the building boasted elevators, steam heat, a private electric plant, and a private artesian well dug 750 feet into the ground. It was also one of the first fireproof buildings in the United States (https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/brown-palace-hotel)

Never seen before pair of beer steins: 1.) Marked Burley & Company Chicago on the inside of the lid, which is damaged so it's not affixed but still present. Self identified brown text on white background on top of lid. Clear stein with slight haze; a little bit of dirt but overall nice and can be polished. 2. ) Second stein has the hinged lid in tact, but no marking on the inside of the lid. Also self identified & is purple in color. A few dings but otherwise nice condition and clarity.

Cabinet Photo by W.H. Jackson: Rare cabinet photo of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver taken by famous photographer William Henry Jackson. He was a Civil War veteran, painter, & explorer that took famous photos of the American West. He was the first photographer to take a photograph of Yellowstone in August 1862 at the age of 19 when he was a member of the Light Guard from Rutland, Vermont. The cabinet photo is a great early image of the luxurious Brown Palace Motel in sepia tone.

A fantastic historical collection for a fan of early Denver history! Please feel free to come and view in person!

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State: Colorado
City: Denver
Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection