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Selling the matches shown with penny shown for scale.
The Kaiserhof Hotel was on the corner of 17th and Welton Streets. Originally built as the one story Hotel Albert sometime before 1890, the building was extensively remodeled and enlarged in 1909. A fire threatened the building during remodeling as a result of labor strife in Denver. The name was changed in 1909 to the Kaiserhof Hotel, reflecting both its owner’s German heritage and evoking the name of a more famous hotel in Berlin. The name was changed in 1917 during WWI to Kenmark to avoid associations with the Kaiser. It also became the army recruiting station at that point.
The hotel was listed in newspaper accounts among the nicer and more successful hotels of Denver, and hosted many large and prestigious events during the 1920s.
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