A 2"x3" acetate negative, 1977 or 1978 copy of a photograph of the Talbot Hotel building in downtown Brainard, Nebraska, taken prior to 1911. The flat-roofed, two-story, white, wood-sided corner building with corner entry and corner pediment with "1894", is edged on two sides with boardwalks, young trees and unpaved streets. A man stands in the hotel doorway and several women and children are standing on the boardwalk along with a man and bicycle. The building was owned by Mrs. Mary Talbot, b. ca. 1861.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
0XX01060010
Source
Original format: 2"x3" Acetate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
The Talbot Hotel was owned and operated by Mary Talbot. It was popular with the traveling public as well as with local citizens of Brainard, Nebraska. Mary Talbot took great pains to serve her customers and ran a first-class hotel. The tables were always supplied with the best the market had to offer and the $2.00 per day charge was considered reasonable.
