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| Biltmore Hotel | |||||||||
| 335 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 | |||||||||
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| The Biltmore Hotel, founded by Gustav Baumann, was located at 43rd and Madison Ave in New York City and opened on January 1, 1914. Nine months later, on October 14, 1914, Baumann slipped and fell to his death from a parapet on the 22nd floor (see NY Times article below). In my opinion, Baumann's death appears highly questionable. | |||||||||
| In 1914, John McEntee Bowman, then vice president of the Biltmore, took over control. Over the final 17 years of his life Bowman opened several Biltmores across the US and Cuba. | |||||||||
| At this point I do not know if the chips were used in one or several Biltmores. Lacking that information I have attributed the chips to the Biltmore Hotel headquarters in the New York Biltmore. Several New York and California clubs had card rooms with crest & seal chips. A strong possibility is the Westchester Biltmore CC. An interesting possibility is the Sevilla-Biltmore in Havana. It is known that the hotel had a casino. Unfortunately I have only been able to find an "SB" logo and not the "B" logo. The Providence Biltmore (see below) shows that 2 different logos have been used at a Biltmore so all hope is not lost. | |||||||||
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Report of Gustav Baumann's death from NY Times October 15, 1914 |
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Ad from December 31, 1913 announcing New Year's Day opening. Ad from LA Times of September 1923 announcing October 1st opening. |
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Obituary of John McEntee Bowman from NY Times October 28, 1931 |
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The following are various Biltmores around the country and Cuba |
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