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The
Indian figure on our large floor vase was modeled after
Chief Little
Shield. He has
been the symbol of Cheyenne, Wyoming's Plains Hotel for most of its
history.
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The fourteen-point-five
pound
vase is holed for drainage and has a 1935
Broadmoor Colorado Springs mark.
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Chief
Little Shield the story goes attended Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1915
and was a guest
at the Plains. The manager of the hotel Harry P Hynds was so impressed
with the chief that "noted photographer" JE Stimson was hired to
photograph him. Since then his image has been the symbol
the Hotel.
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The
decal above was probably used for luggage. We believe the old
postcard reading "The
Plains ~ Known as Wyoming's
Leading Hotel" is from
the 1930s.
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The
Plains was redecorated in the mid 1930s at the time the vase
and ashtray below were commissioned. From
the time the Hotel opened in 1911 Harry Hynds and his wife Nellie
furnished and
operated the hotel to be one of the finest in America.
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The ink
stamp on our Broadmoor-Springs ashtray reads "You Are Welcome at the
Plains. Modern and
Fire Proof. European Plan. Known as Wyoming's Leading Hotel". |
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The
view of this postcard is toward the Hotel's southeast corner. The
vintage cars look to be from the 1940s.
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This
matchbook reads "Oak Room...visit Cheyenne's finest cocktail
lounge..."
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This
nice postcard with a linen look reads "'The Wyoming Room', Plains
Hotel, Cheyenne, Wyo."
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This
matchbook reading "Famous
for Food" also shows the Hotel's two entrances.
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On a
visit to the Hotel in the early 1990s we found a black and
white
picture of a vase like ours in a second floor display cabinet. It had a
lighter
finish probably with Broadmoor's blue glaze.
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The
shots above and below were taken a few years ago. The Plains Hotel had
a facelift in 2002.
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The
sidewalk out front of it's east entrance has tiles of Chief Little
Shield.
The original marble front desk is shown below.
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An
A&C-style frame
around the picture of Chief Little Shield is in the Hotel lobby.
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