Cheerio Lounge in the Placer Hotel
46°35'14.71"N
112° 2'20.62"W
| Cheerio sign, 25 N. Main St. in the Placer Hotel, Nov. 24, 1940. Photo by Leslie Jorud, courtesy of the Montana Historical Society's Montana Memory Project. MHS Lot 037 CB B08 F05 E1.3 |
The Cheerio,
"Montana's Finest Cocktail Lounge", opened on Nov.
25 1940. The façade of the lounge was faced with fluted
black ceramic veneer, and trimmed in solid bronze. Inside, the
top of the bar was a 33-foot-long piece of bleached Honduras
mahogany. The front of the bar was trimmed with garnet-colored
mohair and sandalwood. Above the bar was a canopy with a blue
mirror ceiling. The spring-cushioned seats and the booth walls
were upholstered in ash rose mohair. We can see how cool the
sign was. The Cheerio closed in 1975. |
Cheeri0 Interior, Nov. 26 1940
CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
| Photo by Leslie Jorud, courtesy of the Montana Historical Society's Montana Memory Project. MHS Lot 037 CB B08 F05 E1.5 |
CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
| Photo by Leslie Jorud, courtesy of the Montana Historical Society's Montana Memory Project. MHS Lot 037 CB B08 F05 E1.7 |
CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
| Photo by Leslie Jorud, courtesy of the Montana Historical Society's Montana Memory Project. MHS Lot037 CB B08 F05 E1.6 |
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Cheerio Sign, late 1940s
Courtesy of Tom Mulvaney
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