Julien hotel peice

[nagant]

Think it's something like a match safe door, anyway hotel still in business but the name is miss-pelt here.

 

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[Mackaydon]

This will help you date your interesting find.
(Note the Wales name and the date.)
PS: The building took on that specific name in 1889.
Don.......

 

[Mackaydon]

Wales died on May 16, 1912, further narrowing the date of your find to between 1889 and 1912.
Don........
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=J...NDAD#v=onepage&q=c.e. wales dubuque ia&f=true