Vintage 1910 (first) Hotel Statler Buffalo NY Postcard

Retouched and restored from a ca 1910 advertising postcard. The first "permanent" Statler hotel was designed by August Esenwein and James A. Johnson (architect) and built in Buffalo, New York and offered 300 rooms and bathrooms (it was later expanded to 450 rooms and baths). The hotel was successful and led to a chain of hotels in other cities. Statler's intent was not to compete with the luxury hotels, but rather to provide, clean, comfortable and moderately priced rooms for the average traveller. Statler was the first major hotel chain to have a bathroom in every room.