Thursday, December 06, 2007

Could it be?

In my time back at Great Lakes Il, I spent vast amounts of time at the local USO. Fine food, drinks and entertainment, all free. God Bless them. Anyhow, one time I wandered into their library and saw this poster hanging on the wall. It was of Navy Lieutenant Bulkeley and his wife on the porch of the Clarendon Hotel back in 1942. Now I don't know who this guy was but he seemed to be a rather prominent person by what they had about him to read there.

The Clarendon Hotel is a large structure with a rather Victorian-era flare about it. Although now it is little more than a warehouse for antiques, back in it's day it was the place to stay at if you were a well-respected or prominent person.


I have tried to do some research on whether this is the hotel listed on the poster but to no avail. If it indeed is I find it rather ironic to find one's hometown in a place so far away.




The Clarendon Hotel

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