Hotel Ogahmah 109 North LaBree

Ogahmah Hotel and Strand's Grocery West side of LaBree 100 block.
Where the popcorn and peanut wagon sit is where the post office would be built. Looking south, you see a cream store, just beyond that is the Ogahmah. This was taken before the post office was started.

Interior of the Ogahmah Hotel at 109 North LaBree
The exterior of Ogahmah Hotel at 109 LaBree Avenue North

As mentioned in the post script of yesterdays post, the picture offered of LaBree Avenue IS the 100 block of NORTH Labree; the correction has been made.

Let's talk about that block again, now that we know it isn't next to the river. Old Trunks offers pictures, once again. The two pictures are of the Ogahmah Hotel. For those of you who lived in Thief River Falls, this hotel was on the block where the post office is now. The post office address is 121 North LaBree. We can determine by the address of 109 that the hotel was not on the corner.

1893 Advertisement

AD Hotel Ogahmah First class special attention to hunting, fishing, and excursion parties. Rates, from $1.00 to $2.00 a day. West Side of LaBree

Livery and Feed Stable Special attention given to commercial travelers. Is that why the area to the south was fenced?

1894 News

A gramophone has been on exhibition at the Ogahmah the past week. The proprietor is minus the left arm and the right leg and the boys patronize the phone liberally. A sidewalk has been built in front of the hotel.

It appears white table cloths were standard on a day to day basis in the hotel's dining room. Can you magine how much time was taken to wash and iron them? When was the last time you ate somewhere that had white table cloths? Does your dining table have a table cloth?

Looks at the huge pattern in the wall paper. Is that typical of that era?

Look at that beautiful clock on the wall. Was it an eight day? What would you stand on to wind it?

It appears there is another dining room beyond the one the people are sitting on.

Did you see the hyacinth on the counter? This tells us the picture was taken in the spring.

What kind of music did those boys listen to on that gramophone? Or, how many of these 1890 songs do you know?

Break The News To Mother

Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)

Her Eyes Don't Shine Like Diamonds

A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

In The Baggage Coach Ahead

Just Tell Them That You Saw Me

Little Annie Rooney

Mother Was A Lady

On The Banks Of The Wabash

Far Away

Say 'Au Revoir,'But Not 'Good-Bye

She May Have Seen Better Days

She Was Bred In Old Kentucky

The Streets Of Cairo

The Sunshine Of Paradise Valley

Take Back Your Gold

Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

You're Not The Only Pebble On The Beach

Coax Me

After The Ball

The America Beautiful

The Band Played On

Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere

The Bowery

Gypsy Love Song

Hearts And Flowers

Hello, Ma Baby

Humoresque

I've Been Working On The Railroad

Kentucky Babe

Maple Leaf Rag

Musetta's Waltz (Quando Men Vo) from the opera Boheme

My Wild Irish Rose

'O Sole Mio

Oh, Promise Me

The Red River Valley

The Rosary

She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain

Sidewalks Of New York

Stars And Stripes Forever

The Story Of The Rose

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

The Sweetest Story Ever Told

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E

To A Wild Rose

When You Were Sweet Sixteen

The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo

You Tell Me Your Dream

Where Did You Get That Hat?

She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured

Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

Asleep In The Deep

Throw Him Down McCloskey

The Cat Came Back

I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard

Sing along!

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