Eastern Air Lines In Flight Beverage Card, 1976 1928 The hotel's most famous guest

The hotel's most famous guest – the billionaire businessman Howard Hughes – came to stay in 1966

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Clearly they're far too interesting to leave languishing unseen

Francis Hotel when it opened in 1904 and remained until 1926

The friendly expression on the cat’s face suggests it was a “lucky” black cat that welcomed those involved in the printed music industry

Eastern Air Lines In Flight Beverage Card, 1976 1928 The hotel's most famous guestWonderful Eastern In Flight Beverage card that would have entitled the holder to a cocktail. Eastern Air Lines was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution it was headquartered at Miami International Airport, Florida. Eastern was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines created by the Spoils Conferences of 1930, and was headed by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in its early years. It had a near monopoly in air travel