One Pair ( 2 ) Antique Brass Door Knobs Hilton Hotel Lion Stevens Hotel
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This is one pair of brass door knobs (2) in total, from the Conrad Hilton Hotel of Chicago. The Hilton hotel was originally the Stevens hotel built in 1927, I came across these door knobs during the remodel in 1984. Door Knobs are 2 5/8" Round, solid brass heavy with lion logo, some wear from people using door knob and nice patina Interesting story regarding The Stevens Family door knobs March 30, 1989 But the family didn't last much longer in the hotel business, or in the insurance business, either. The year 1927, two years before the Great Crash, was not a good year in which to build a massive commercial monument to yourself. Cascio recalls that once the depression had really settled in, there were often no more than 300 guests to fill the hotel's 3,000 rooms. To attract guests in 1933, the year of the Chicago World's Fair, the hotel offered a package deal in combination with the railroads--a train trip to Chicago and a weekend at the Stevens for $14.95.Ernest Stevens took more than $1 million out of his insurance business to keep the ailing hotel going. But in 1931 he was accused, and later convicted, of embezzling that money from the publicly held insurance company. The prosecution claimed that "the hotel was actually insolvent and did not merit the loans of more than $1,000,000 granted it by the insurance company." As part
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