From Monty's Monthly Magazine which was published in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas containing business and social news. Within the pages appeared a few now very rare images of the inside of the Hotel El Jardin (researched by Jose Cazares)
Images from El Jardin brochure
1948 Propeller Club party at El Jardin patio
Propeller club members talking about propellers
December 14th 1926
December 26th, 1926 Hotel El Jardin
Still inside is the original last used switch board, mail sorter, and key holder (Cassandra Delgado photo)
Original flooring, the ball room chandeliers were HUGE, and the stairs leading up to the rooms (Cassandra Delgado photo)
The lobby (those arches use to be stained glass), the stairs again, and another chandelier i found complete with Christmas decorations still hanging from it. (Cassandra Delgado photo)
The original hotel safe, and the upper room levels (Cassandra Delgado photo)
The roof top and the original elevator system located at the top floor (Cassandra Delgado photo)
I like these pictures man! It looks like something out of a classical movie, from the Golden Age of Hollywood, or Golden Age of Cinema. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteEl Jardin's heyday lasted from late 1920s to early 1950s. Once the Fort Brown Motor Hotel was built El Jardin lost its appeal. I still find it amazing that for all those years it lasted how difficult it has always been to actually see photos of the inside. We have Jose Cazares to tank for going far out and wide to find any and all information on El Jardin, Chamber of Commerce Building, The Capitol and the MIssouri Pacific Railroad on E Levee St.
DeleteI spent my honeymoon in room 434...
ReplyDeleteMy mother worked as an elevator girl in the 40's. "Going up?"
ReplyDeleteThe bridal suite has twin beds. I suppose the honeymoon suite was furnished differently.
ReplyDeleteMy mother worked as an elevator girl in the 50,s and 60,s her name was Juanita Delgado Loya
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