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Hotel Waverly Records

1899

Hotel Waverly guest list. October 26 and 27, 1899. Ledger used in the old DeGraff Hotel in Janesville and later in the Waverly Hotel in Waseca (both hotels were run by Patrick Moonan, great-grandfather of the donor). Lists names of people who stayed there and their places of residence; notable guests were The Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra, each of whom signed the register; 1 page with guest names entered on both sides.

Donor's father, Russell Johnson, was a druggist in the Russell Johnson Pharmacy, a drug store next to the State Theater on State State Street in the years of 1940s - 1958; he later worked for Stuckeys Drug Store.