New Year's eve at the hotel prosperity
New Year's eve at the hotel prosperity. Illustration shows waiters Joseph G. Cannon and James S. Sherman turning away a man labeled Average Citizen and a woman at the Hotel Prosperity dining room because all the tables have been reserved; there are signs on the tables that read Reserved for Wool Interests, Reserved for Coal Trust, Reserved for Steel Trust, Reserved for Senator Aldrich and Party, Reserved for Cold Storage Interests, Reserved for Sugar Trust, Reserved for Ice Trust, and Reserved for Franchise Grabbers. Date 1909 December 29. New Year's eve at the hotel prosperity. Illustration shows waiters Joseph G. Cannon and James S. Sherman turning away a man labeled Average Citizen and a woman at the Hotel Prosperity dining room because all the tables have been reserved; there are signs on the tables that read Reserved for Wool Interests, Reserved for Coal Trust, Reserved for Steel Trust, Reserved for Senator Aldrich and Party, Reserved for Cold Storage Interests, Reserved for Sugar Trust, Reserved for Ice Trust, and Reserved for Franchise Grabbers. Date 1909 December 29
