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Ladies' Rooms: 1904

        Ladies visiting New York unattended will appreciate an elegant, modern hotel, receiving only women as lodgers: the new HOTEL MARTHA WASHINGTON, extending from 29th to 30th Street, 100 feet from Madison Avenue. Rooms at moderate prices. Superior Restaurant for Ladies and Gentlemen. Every comfort and careful service. Write for booklet before you select an hotel. - ADV.
New York, 1904. "Hotel Martha Washington." Built by the Women's Hotel Company. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

        Ladies visiting New York unattended will appreciate an elegant, modern hotel, receiving only women as lodgers: the new HOTEL MARTHA WASHINGTON, extending from 29th to 30th Street, 100 feet from Madison Avenue. Rooms at moderate prices. Superior Restaurant for Ladies and Gentlemen. Every comfort and careful service. Write for booklet before you select an hotel. - ADV.

New York, 1904. "Hotel Martha Washington." Built by the Women's Hotel Company. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

 

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Divvying the goods

Interesting to see what looks like rag and bone men divvying up the goods right in front of the hotel's entrance. The ladies must have had better quality trash.

Remember the hotel in "Big"?

I stayed at the Martha Washington in the 70s, while interviewing for jobs out of college. Back then it was more akin to the hotel Tom Hanks stayed in in "Big". Hallway bathrooms, people speaking Spanish on the payphone out in the hall. But it was something like $18/night, and for a 20-something on a tight budget, it was just fine.

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