luggage tag

[jefg231]

front says "compliments of Hotel Nedoo Norfolk, Va.
the back says "owners name and address inside

I believe it is brass

 

[jefg231]

any idea on date?

 

[Stegner]

Google has lots of hits.
http://www.webstore.com/Horse-Carri...U1908,name,6581345,auction_id,auction_details
Go here to see a picture of this hotel in the early 20th century.

 

[Stegner]

....and the hotel is an advertiser in this 1906 publication for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
http://books.google.com/books?id=qwYoAAAAYAAJ&dq=hotel+neddo

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Hotel Neddo...yep lots of hits....especially around 1900.

 

[Kenosha Kid]

any idea on date?

Haven't located any history on when it opened/closed, just that it was "one of Norfolk's best establishments in the early twentieth century" :

http://books.google.com/books?id=Wz...=0CCoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=hotel neddo?&f=false (page 62)

Owned and operated by Richard Neddo, who was also president of United Cafeteria Company :

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...d=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com (yep, nothing like 'possum pie to lure the customers in ... )

 

[Stegner]

big green check