Hanger, Clothes
Object number2013.68.1
Date1927-1972
MediumWood/Metal
Credit LineGift of Fred Porsche
DescriptionWooden hanger with swiveling metal hook in top. Burn-stamped into wood at top, center is hotel name and location. Text on upper left arm and on upper right arm with hotel service information. Hanger has additional bar connecting tips.Dimensions8.875 x 16.75 x 0.75 in. (22.5 x 42.5 x 1.9 cm)InscriptionsBurn-stamped into wood at top, center: "ROOSEVELT HOTEL / PITTSBURGH, PA."
On upper left arm: "Call The Valet Dept."; on upper right arm, "For Prompt Service".
Historical NotesClothes hanger from the Roosevelt Hotel, a 600-room hotel that was located at the corner of Sixth and Penn in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that opened in 1927. It was named after Theodore Roosevelt and a portrait of him hung in the Tudor style lobby. The hotel went bankrupt during the Great Depression, but recovered and was bought by a chain in 1947 and renamed the "Pick-Roosevelt". In 1972 the struggling hotel closed for good and was made into an elderly housing establishment.
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