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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: October 21, 2009
Caption: The Truckee Hotel
Additional Description: Built as the American Hotel in 1873, this structure was known as the Whitney House before the 1900s and has had several name changes since then. In 1909, the structure burned to the ground ans was rebuilt in the same spot. One notable name change was to the Alpine Riverside Hotel in the 1950s for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley.
Submitted: October 22, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p81479
File Size: 2.292 Megabytes

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