(NEW YORK CITY) Photographic broadside for Groot’s Hotel and

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Photographic broadside for Groot's Hotel and Ladies' & Gentlemen's Dining Saloon. Albumen photograph, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, on original printed mount, 19 x 16 inches; dark 4 x 1-inch stain on left edge, otherwise moderate wear and staining at edges with several closed short tears up to 2 inches, band of light toning across photograph, laid down on modern board. New York: Gee & Co., circa 1871-75

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An unusual broadside advertisement for a Manhattan hotel. The printed portion gives the bill of fare in detail for breakfast and dinner (topping out at 35 cents for a porterhouse of tenderloin steak). At center is a large photograph of the hotel with colorful patriotic bunting and lager beer signs, with pedestrians, carts and a heap of rubbish visible on the streets. Groot's Hotel was on the west end of Canal Street, in what is now the Soho neighborhood. It was apparently short-lived; the only contemporary references we have found date from December 1871 to October 1875.