Thanks to Mrs. Barbara Eckert Baggott for this photo taken by our classmate, the late Bill Baggott II. What wonderful memories surround that now antiquated structure! I certainly don't know about your high school, but back in the 40's and 50's the Hotel Plaza was where Hamilton High seniors went for the annual "Washington Trip." It was a time when the childhood leash was taken off our collective necks and we had a chance to show how mature we were. Some of the guys sported a meerschaum pipe to give him that debonaire and oh so mature look, while others of us puffed on a Lucky Strike. The girls played their maturity role as well as they assumed a demure "come hither" glance at one of their male interests. What memories!
Tommy
ReplyDeleteI don't recognize the hotel but I must have stayed there during our Washington trip.Made a lot of new friends on the bus ride.
Lee
Steinert class of 66. Boys stayed in the Plaza and the girls stayed in the Continental
ReplyDeleteIn 1946, I was in the US Navy and stationed in Washington, DC. I recall visiting the class of 1946 at the Plaza during their visit to DC.
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Don, what an opportunity...to be stationed in DC and be able to visit with the class when they came to Washington. Thanks for your Navy service too. Ron B HHS 56
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