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Top Left - The majority of the picture has been cut off
Caption: Retired New York Times reporter, John Frogge told the assembled group how he "got his story" the day [[crossed out]] Lindeberg [[crossed out]] Lindbergh left the Garden City Hotel to fly to Paris

Center Left - Picture of a group of people
Caption: Former Congressman John Wydler, a resident of Garden City, joined the group of "hotel watchers".

Bottom Left - Picture of a sign that says Vanderbilt Room
Some hotel watchers were given hard hats and they toured the lower floor of the new hotel.  They were delighted to discover that the various public rooms are to be named for events and people who played important roles in the history of Garden City and its famed hotel.

Top Right - Picture of Garden City Hotel cupola
Caption - By day or by night the cupola is the Garden City Hotel's crowning glory.

Bottom Right - Picture of Garden City Hotel
Caption - A new tradition has been born in Garden City and its tales of nostalgia are growing already as dreams come true.

All photos by Bonnie Lee McClanahan