A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I would imagine that in those days, with such flimsy carriages, horse-drawn and motor-powered, folks were glad when no bears came around to take a look and stop them. Considering such vulnerability, in those days, people probably still had the good sense to travel with guns in their immediate possession.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We're here, but now it's time to park the car...get the oil checked and fill the fuel tank.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Wow, at first I thought those were gigantic lava-lamps, but now I see they are simply windows with curtains partially drawn...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wow, at first I thought those were gigantic lava-lamps, but now I see they are simply windows with curtains partially drawn...

[rogruth]

Looks to me that that lobby has a lot more comfort and character than hotel lobbies of today.

[robert.]

Looks more along the lines of Key West. Not middle PA.

[rogruth]

Isn't Key West still living a hundred years ago? That would fit.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Those look like steel I-beams on the ceiling, bare light bulbs with some other interesting decorations on the mantle.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Those look like steel I-beams on the ceiling, bare light bulbs with some other interesting decorations on the mantle.

I think those are nice wood boxed beams with what at one time were called "Edison" bulbs.

There will be more photos of Hoffman's this week before moving on to another location.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I must be terribly jaded, because, far too frankly, I must say (for some dumb reason) that when I saw those two lobbies, I was reminded of a line from the mouth of a Bette Davis character, "Heavens, what a dump."
Sorrrrrrrry.

P.S. I guess "rustic" only goes so far with me. When I use a hotel/motel, give me an impersonal, non-organic, well-washed Formica-rich, sterile décor anytime. For example, I may be staying at this hotel (Holiday Inn Express,) this weekend; take a Google maps ground-level look at it, if you like:
Crown Plaza Hotel
164 Fort Couch Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15242

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I must be terribly jaded, because, far too frankly, I must say (for some dumb reason) that when I saw those two lobbies, I was reminded of a line from the mouth of a Bette Davis character, "Heavens, what a dump."
Sorrrrrrrry.

Beyond the Forest? She was referring to her own home in that movie.

Might also consider that Hoffman's out in Bedford at the time was a resort and probably at the time proportionally beyond our means to spend time there -- things were a bit different 100 years ago.

[rogruth]

I think that at the time of hotel photo that was considered to be a really nice lobby.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I must be terribly jaded, because, far too frankly, I must say (for some dumb reason) that when I saw those two lobbies, I was reminded of a line from the mouth of a Bette Davis character, "Heavens, what a dump."
Sorrrrrrrry.

Beyond the Forest? She was referring to her own home in that movie.

Might also consider that Hoffman's out in Bedford at the time was a resort and probably at the time proportionally beyond our means to spend time there -- things were a bit different 100 years ago.

Of course, totally understood, quite before I opened my yapper on the topic.