This old photo of Kerrville's Blue Bonnet Hotel was recently sent to me by Steven Meeker. I went down to the riverbank to see how much the view had changed.
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| Kerrville's Blue Bonnet Hotel from Louise Hays Park, probably 1950s. |
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| The scene today. Note the trees. |
Oh, how I loved that beautiful, old hotel.
ReplyDeleteAfter all those years, the same trees are still there. Thank goodness the floods didn't wash them away.
ReplyDeleteIn the second photo, I can still see the loading area where we used to put ski boats into the water.
ReplyDeleteOver the years, I saw Cotton load his boats into that water hundreds of times.
I've never before seen the pavilion that is in the second photo. When was it built?
ReplyDeleteDoes it have a staircase that leads down to the river?
In what year were the additional floors added to the Blue Bonnet Hotel?
ReplyDeleteI miss that old hotel. It was a true landmark.
ReplyDelete... Lost in the name of progress.
When the hotel was torn down, who owned it?
ReplyDeleteThat is a most pleasing scene.
ReplyDeleteJoe, what brand of camera do you own?
ReplyDeleteI want to buy one just like it.
The Bluebonnet Hotel was torn down in 1971 or 72. I think the older photo was a Starr Bryden photo, at least that's what the album said that I found it in. He died in 1959, so it was probably taken in the mid to late 50s.
ReplyDeleteIt is cool that the trees are still there. Great job, Joe! I sure do love this site.
I smiled about the camera question above. I take most of my "on the go" pictures with my old beat up cell phone, a 2009-era Blackberry Curve.
ReplyDeleteAs for Steven D's dating of the photo to the mid to late 1950s, I agree. I'll correct the guess above, on the caption.