Ambassador Hotel Ballroom linens
Collection
Identifier: MC -289
Content Description
12 cloth napkins and one tablecloth (63 x 63") with Ambassador logo and date 1968.
Dates
- Usage: 1968
Biographical / Historical
Built in 1921, designed by Myron Hunt, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California was the site of Robert F. Kennedy's murder in 1968. The hotel closed in 1989 and was eventually demolished in 2005. These linens were presumably made especially for the night of RFK's victory celebration after winning the state of California in the 1968 presidential race. The tablecloth is embossed with "Ambassador Hotel 1968" on the bottom edge.
Extent
13 items
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Barbara Kornblit, March 14, 2023. Accession number 23-09.
Source
- Kornblit (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Ambassador Hotel Ballroom linens
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Judy Farrar
- Date
- 2024 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository