Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2001.05.004
Accession#:
2001.05
Credit Line:
Donated by Katherine Shaw.
Object Name:
Token, Store
Title:
Occidental Hotel Token, Silver Colored Metal
Date:
1900
Description:
Advertising token used by hotel in silver colored metal. Embossed on 1 side is "OCCIDENTAL HOTEL / JOHN OLDS / PROP / JUNEAU, ALASKA".
On reverse is: "Good for / 12 1/2 (small "c" for cent) / IN DRINKS". Raised outside edge. 2 fleur—de—lies decorate side with owner's name.
On reverse is: "Good for / 12 1/2 (small "c" for cent) / IN DRINKS". Raised outside edge. 2 fleur—de—lies decorate side with owner's name.
Notes:
Preserved by donor. Occidental Hotel was built in 1892 by John Olds and Morris Orton. It had 25 rooms, with hot and cold running water in each, billiard room, reading room, dining room and kitchen. After 1912, with closing of restaurant and other new hotels opening, business dwindled and hotel closed in 1931.
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Occidental Hotel Token, Silver
Occidental Hotel Token, Silver
Occidental Hotel Token, Silver
Occidental Hotel Token, Silver