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"Alavardo Hotel" Albuquerque Museum Exhibition 2009
Alvarado Hotel Bridal Suite Bedroom Set (Headboard, Footboard, Rails & Slats)
"Alavardo Hotel" Albuquerque Museum Exhibition 2009
"Alavardo Hotel" Albuquerque Museum Exhibition 2009

Alvarado Hotel Bridal Suite Bedroom Set (Headboard, Footboard, Rails & Slats)

Datecirca 1940
Place of OriginAlbuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
MediumPainted and carved wood
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the J. and R. Clarke Endowment, 2008
Object number2008.26.1a-i
DescriptionCarved wooden headboard and footboard with black X design; bed rails and slats included. Material appears to have been refinished at an unknown time.
Text Entries
Vendor acquired from the estate of Ruth Bibb Maher in early 2000. Ruth Bibb Maher was a former Harvey Girl. She purchased the bedroom set when the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque closed and was demolished in 1970. The bedroom set was commissioned by the hotel for its bridal suite. The headboard was patterned on the pediment of the hotel building.

The Alvarado Hotel was one of a chain of Harvey House Hotels built by Fred Harvey along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway route. It opened in 1902 in downtown Albuquerque and was demolished in 1970. The Harvey Girls were waitresses in the hotel restaurant.
On View
Not on view
Chair
Sam F. Hudelson
1917
Chair
Sam F. Hudelson
1917
Chair
Sam F. Hudelson
1917
Chair
Sam F. Hudelson
1917
Chair
Sam F. Hudelson
1917
Chair
Sam F. Hudelson
1917
Unknown Maker
mid 20th-late 20th Century
From Ruts to Rails
Otto Kuhler
n.d.