Promotional Postcard

ID: 733 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Promotional Postcard

When the Roosevelt Hotel opened, the daily rate for a room started at two dollars. By the 1950s, the hotel's rates increased to six dollars for one guest and up to thirteen dollars per room for four guests.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Waco rapidly industrialized in the early decades from its founding. The arrival of the railroad and the building of the Suspension Bridge increased the numbers of travelers through the region, and the city soon became a thriving urban center. In…