Here is the Palace Hotel. Bill http://www.americahurrah.com/SanFrancisco/1905/1905-2PalaceHotel.html Miriam Ward wrote: > I have an old newspaper clipping of my > great-grandmother's from The Morning Call sometime > before 1906, I believe.I thought you might find it > interesting: > > "They Won't Believe It > > I have been telling people here some of the sights I > saw in America. They are not willing to believe the > Palace Hotel in San Francisco is so large a building > as I say. I wish THE MORNING CALL would state what is > the length,breadth and height of it, and how many > rooms it contains; also, what is the length and width > of the bay, and the width of the narrowest part of the > Golden Gate. M.W.D. > (The Palace Hotel is 275 by 350 feet in size, > covering nearly two and a quarter acres of ground. It > is seven stories high, the lower story being > twenty-five feet high in the clear, the seventh story > fourteen. It contains 755 rooms, besides private > parlors for distinguished guests,etc, and will > comfortably accomodate 1,200 people. It cost about > $3,250,000. The bay of San Francisco, including that > portion called San Pablo Bay, which is, to all intents > and purposes, a part of San Francisco Bay, is nearly > fifty miles long by an average of nine miles wide. The > Golden Gate is five miles long, and one mile wide in > its narrowest part) " > > Miriam > > --- Stuffnmore@aol.com wrote: > > I am looking for old photos or postcards for the > > Rosenstock Building and the > > Palace Hotel in San Francisco...most likely the very > > early part of > > 1900...does anyone on the list know how I would be > > able to find these items? > > Please contact me privately...thanks...Alice > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com