COLLECTION NAME:
Steven A. Birchfield Collection
Record
Filename:
MCPL_SB_039.tif
Identifier:
MCPL_SB_039
Identifier:
118
Title:
Hotel Metropolitan, Paducah
Creator:
Steven A. Birchfield
Subject:
Hotels and motels
Subject:
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African American business
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Description:
The hotel was built in 1909 by Maggie Steed, a daughter of a former slave, who saw the need for a black hotel in segregated Paducah. Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, Duke Ellington, Thurgood Marshall, B. B. King and Jesse Owens all stayed at the hotel. The hotel has been restored since this photograph was taken and stands now as a non-profit and museum at 724 Oscar Cross Dr.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
1-Mar-99
Type:
Still Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
English
Coverage:
Paducah, KY
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Physical Description:
Photograph, color, [100 x 150 mm]
