Band playing in the Red Carpet Lounge of the Pitts Motor Hotel in the 1950's
Band playing in the Red Carpet Lounge of the Pitts Motor Hotel in the 1950’s.
“In the sixties, the Pitts Hotel was a showplace, and Cornelius Pitts was one of Washington’s most successful black entrepreneurs. His hotel attracted not only tourists and traveling businessmen but local customers, black and white. They lined up at the Red Carpet Lounge, which featured valet parking and a maitre d’, to listen to the likes of Aretha Franklin. “The place stayed packed,’ a former regular said. “The drinks weren’t that high. You didn’t feel like you were getting ripped off. The music was great. And the minute you walked in, you felt comfortable there.’
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chelsgus
too cool!
Cathy Cale
Love it.!!!! Please enter into the History group.
nancynootje
OH, wouw, beautiful!!
Braun1973
absolutely brilliant
johnnythunder
best picture ever
sra58
Very nice photography. Sharon
LilyMunroe
Great Picture, can feel the passion in the room, the vibrancy!! And imaging seeing Aretha there in the day! :)
jemimalovesbigted
wow that is brilliant. its in fantastic shape for such an old shot too. nice work
Tori Snow
Classic
Sanne Thijs 26 days ago
Here is an old screenshot from the homepage somewhere in february 2009
