Description: This listing is just for the tray / ashtray. From part of an estate Appears to have been broke yrs ago and fixed underneath the boys legs I just noticed it after giving it a good look over has been repaired and I will be offering as is...........I took a lot of pics so take a close look at them they are part of the description........ Offered here are some classic pieces from the bygone era of the Great Gatsby. This is the story of the Stevens Hotel, which opened on May 2, 1927 and was billed as the world's largest hotel with 3,000 guest rooms. The first guests to check in to the grand opening was the Vice President of the United States and the president of Cuba. At the lavish grand opening the gentlemen guests were bestowed the souvenir tray that is offered in this listing ant the ladies received the pictured bookends. Just a few years after its debut the Great Depression scuttled the Stevens, and like 4 out of five hotels of that era, the Stevens Hotel went bankrupt. The government took the hotel into receivership and eventually the U.S Army purchased the Stevens Hotel for use as barracks and classrooms for the Army Air Force during WW2. The Stevens housed over 10,000 air cadets during this time, who utilized the Grand Ballroom as their mess hall. This tray was sculpted by Frederick C.Hibbard and were replicas of giant statues in its magnificent lobby. Among its amenities were a 1200 seat theatre, its own hospital and a 27-chair barber shop'. Frederick C. Hibbard was the sculptor of "Boy on a Dolphin" (the ashtray) and "Two Boys and a Fish" (the pair of bookends). The original bronze and its companion piece are part of fountains in the lobby of what is now the Hilton Chicago Hotel.The boy depicted on the dolphin, John Paul Stevens, son and grandson of the builders of the hotel, would later be a Justice of the U S Supreme Court. In raised lettering on the platform behind the figure: Souvenir Formal Opening, The Stevens, The World's Greatest Hotel, May 2nd, 1927, Chicago. Incised into the lower corners of the back panel, F C Hibbard, Sc. and A C Remberger Co., Chicago the foundry which cast the original sculpture and these pieces. The ashtray is 6 inches tall, 5 3/4 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches deep. The tray weighs just under four pounds.
Price: 149.99 USD
Location: Kingsburg, California
End Time: 2025-01-24T04:36:11.000Z
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