tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post3280800764225982193..comments2024-03-24T15:23:47.503-05:00Comments on Joe Herring Jr.: St.Charles Hotel -- March 9, 1927Joe Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05415079505193654859noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-57716612394109485382014-08-12T01:43:23.596-05:002014-08-12T01:43:23.596-05:00This is very interesting.
In reference to the &qu...This is very interesting.<br /><br />In reference to the "D," "L," and "S," I suspect that you are correct.<br /><br />In those days the words lunch, and dinner were both utilized for the midday meal. The D, L, and S' are not written in the same handwriting. So, one person may have written D for the meal, whereas someone else may have written L.<br /><br />As to why the letters were written in the column that is labeled, "Time," perhaps they developed a lazy habit of writing D, L, or S for the time of day, rather than the actual time, that the guests checked in, or checked out of the hotel.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-52670812899309056572014-08-11T22:24:35.951-05:002014-08-11T22:24:35.951-05:00It's so interesting to see these items from th...It's so interesting to see these items from the past. Thank you for sharing them with us. Do you suppose the S and D stand for Single and Double? I can't think of what the L means unless it's an oddly formed S, perhaps written by a different person. Maybe they changed the meaning of the column at some point and the L does stand for Luncheon. Anyway, it's fun to speculate. Thank you again for sharing.Carolhttp://flourishandbits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-34406309541523292442014-08-11T12:50:24.605-05:002014-08-11T12:50:24.605-05:00Out of curiosity I did a search to try and find ou...Out of curiosity I did a search to try and find out what the time column entries might be. There was nothing definitive, though I did find four examples of hotel registers from the same period with similar entries. Three had B, L, D, and S, which according to one archive "possibly" represented breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper. The fourth had B, L, D, R, and M. The M may have stood for maid service, and if I had to guess, the R probably stood for room service. All of which, I'm guessing, are amenities that had to be requested up front, and which were recorded in the otherwise unused time column. So I think your speculation is correct.John Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542534923049247130noreply@blogger.com