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Daytona Beach, Florida, 1904. "Hotel Ridgewood, Ridgewood Avenue." The shady byway last glimpsed here, here and here. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
I've read the article my post linked too several times. I do know that I look at things differently, maybe I don't see all the words, but I see nothing in the link I provided that would have sent me off to the site that had the article you posted. If I had, would have posted your article instead of posting the link.
Not to spoil anyone's day, but if Mr. De la Cruz reads the article a little more carefully, he will note that while the business survived until 1975, the building, at least this building, did not. (Oh the advantages of that fire resistant annex!) From December 1932:
Amazingly enough, a hotel structure featured on Shorpy survived fires! Unfortunately, torn down in 1975.
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