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Quintin
& Ruth Blair
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The Blairs collected prairie styled
art glass light fixtures and dining room chairs
from the demolished
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel. One of the double stained
glass light fixtures is mounted on a stone pedestal in the
front yard and the second is on a pedestal in the Garden
Court. A smaller set of single stained glass wall mounted
light fixtures are mounted on either side of the entrance to
the Blair’s Holiday Inn in Cody Wyoming. The Wright designed
dining room chairs were replaced with prairie styled chairs
they acquired from the
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel.
According to Tamsen Emerson
Hert in "Luxury in the Wilderness, Yellowstone’s Grand
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Hotel, 1911–1960", published in
Yellowstone
Science, Summer 2005, pages
21-35, "Quinn Blair and his wife Ruth, of Cody, Wyoming,
have Canyon Hotel light fixtures adorning their Frank Lloyd
Wright home (the only Wright building in Wyoming), as does
the Holiday Inn in Cody. The Blairs also purchased a set of
Limbert chairs from the president of the Yellowstone Park
Company for $5 apiece at Mammoth Hot Springs."
The chairs in the Blair's
dining room are pictured in a photograph by F. J. Hayners in
"A Miracle in Hotel Building. Yellowstone Canyon
Hotel" by John Henry Raftery published circa 1911,
page 14. |
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1: One of the double stained glass light fixtures from the demolished
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel is mounted on a stone pedestal in the
front yard. |
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2: Detail of the double stained glass light fixtures from the demolished
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel mounted on a stone pedestal in the
front yard. |
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3: The second double stained glass light fixtures from the demolished
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel is mounted on a stone pedestal
in the Garden Court. |
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4: Detail of the double
stained glass light fixtures from the demolished
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel mounted on a stone pedestal in
the Garden Court. |
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5: The smaller set of single
stained glass wall mounted light fixtures from the demolished
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel are mounted on either side of
the entrance to the Blair’s Holiday Inn in Cody Wyoming. |
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Yellowstone Canyon Hotel Postcard: "Grand Canyon Hotel,
The Lounge and Staircase, Yellowstone Park." The double
stained glass light fixtures are seen hanging from the
ceiling. The single stained glass wall mounted light
fixtures are seen mounted to each column on the left and
right side of the lounge. |
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Yellowstone Canyon Hotel Postcard No.213: "Grand Canyon
Hotel, The Lounge Toward Office, Yellowstone Park." The
double stained glass light fixtures are seen hanging from
the ceiling. The single stained glass wall mounted light
fixtures can be seen mounted to each column on the left and
right side of the lounge. |
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"Canyon Hotel Lounge, Yellowstone National Park
(c) 37776. Copyright by Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. OB-H369."
Back: "Canyon Hotel Lounge, one of the show places of the park, is the front
wing of the hotel situated on the north side of the Grand Canyon. Copyright
by Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, U.S.A. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T.
Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) [Place one cent stamp here]"
5.5 x 3.5. 1940. |
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Yellowstone Canyon Hotel Lounge Circa 1920. The double
stained glass light fixtures are seen hanging from the
ceiling. The single stained glass wall mounted light
fixtures can be seen mounted to each column on the left and
right side of the lounge. |
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Yellowstone Canyon Hotel Dining Room Circa 1911. The
Blair's Dining Room is seen in "Frank
Lloyd Wright: The Western Work" Legler, 1999, page 62.
This photograph by
F. J. Hayners was published in "A Miracle in Hotel Building. Yellowstone Canyon
Hotel" by John Henry Raftery, circa 1911,
page 14. |
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Detail:
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel Dining Room Circa 1911. The
Blair's Dining Room is seen in "Frank
Lloyd Wright: The Western Work" Legler, 1999, page 62.
This photograph by
F. J. Hayners was published in "A Miracle in Hotel Building. Yellowstone Canyon
Hotel" by John Henry Raftery, circa 1911,
page 14. |
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