The fourteen-point-five
pound
vase is holed for drainage and has a 1935
Broadmoor Colorado Springs mark.
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.
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.
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.
The
view of this postcard is toward the Hotel's southeast corner. The
vintage cars look to be from the 1940s.
This
matchbook reads "Oak Room...visit Cheyenne's finest cocktail
lounge..."
This
nice postcard with a linen look reads "'The Wyoming Room', Plains
Hotel, Cheyenne, Wyo."
This
matchbook reading "Famous
for Food" also shows the Hotel's two entrances.
