Painting
Herndan Hotel on the Missouri River
| Hölzlhuber received a request from the German theater director Henry Börnstein in St. Louis, Missouri, to purchase his theater sets and music. Accordingly, he took vacation from the German-English Academy to travel there by train, along with his friend Otto Ruppius, on November 4, 1858. While in St. Louis they attended a minstrel show, and stayed at the Union Hotel. After concluding business, they journeyed on the elegant steamer Traveler up the Missouri River to Omaha City. He and Ruppius entertained passengers with violin and singing after dinner; Hölzlhuber remarked that the piano was from the Mason factory in New York, and a very good instrument. Pictured here is the large Herndan Hotel with a stagecoach in the foreground. Taken from Hölzlhuber's description of the scene, translated by Vera Kroner. |
| Image ID: | 28205 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1858 |
| Creator Name: | Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898 |
| City: | St. Louis |
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| State: | Missouri |
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| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 3131.41 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 inches |
| This image is one of forty-two watercolor drawings from a sketchbook by Holzlhuber, documenting his trip to the U.S., especially to Wisconsin and Canada in 1856-1860. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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