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Chicago Pump Room Photo Treasure Trove is a Time Capsule Revealed

The historical photo collection by Fred Krueger is a unique find.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Chicago's 285-room Ambassador East Hotel, was built in 1926. Over a dozen years later, 'The Pump Room' was launched, one of the first high class restaurants to open after the Prohibition era.