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Date Taken

1900s

Title

Parker House

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Opened in 1855 by Harvey D. Parker, the Parker House was a common rendezvous for politicians. The original Parker House and later additions were demolished in the 1920s and replaced with an entirely new building. One wing of the original hotel remained open until the new building was completed in 1927. As the longest continuously operating hotel in the United States, many well-known people have worked at the Parker House, including Ho Chi Minh who was a baker in the bakeshop from 1911 to 1913, Malcolm X who was a busboy in the early 1940s, and Emeril Lagasse. John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for Congress in the hotel's Press Room, proposed to Jackie Kennedy, as well as held his bachelor party here. (More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Parker_House )

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Library of Congress

Copyright:

Detroit Publishing Co.

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