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Fort Shelby Hotel - Artifacts

An ad for the Shelby from a Polk City Directory, a fore-runner of the Yellow Pages

An ad for the Fort Shelby Hotel

An ad for the Fort Shelby, before the addition was built

An ad for the Fort Shelby Hotel

A menu from the Fort Shelby Hotel's restaurant

A luggage tag from the Fort Shelby from the late '30s or 1940s.

An ad for the Fort Shelby Hotel

Matches from the Fort Shelby's later years

An original key from the Hotel Fort Shelby, circa 1920.