Chattanooga, TENNESSEE - Hotel Patten: The hotel was opened April 1, 1908. The following is an excerpt from a 2011 blog entry on Underground Chattanooga by Cody Maxwell: "Passing through the front doors, guests found themselves in a lobby with ceilings 28 feet high, supported by great columns made from local Georgia marble. Surrounding the lobby on three sides was a balcony from which one could hear the sounds of a house orchestra. The chandeliers hanging from the ceilings were all individually designed by the architect to suit the room in which they were displayed and a grand piano had been specially ordered for the ladies’ parlor. A restaurant on the first floor had walls of scagliola onyx and floors of marble tile. Plate glass windows touched gold leaf ceilings and flooded the dining room with the afternoon’s light. On the menu were Russian caviar and English sole, prepared by a French executive chef. A bowling alley, barbershop and billiard parlor made the basement the place to be when the guests found time for leisure. The walls of the billiard parlor were finished in Flemish oak and sported the finest custom-made tables. One of the hotel’s lesser-known accommodations was an underground tunnel that provided privacy for the famous and elite who visited the hotel. Jimmy Hoffa kept a room there when he was standing trial in 1964 at the nearby federal courthouse. John Kennedy visited the hotel, as did countless other Hollywood and musical celebrities who passed by train through the South. The Hotel Patten was by all accounts a place fit for kings and no expense was spared in providing guests with the most luxurious and modern pleasantries. But by 2008, the Hotel Patten was no longer scraping the sky. It had been renamed the Patten Towers and was a project-based residential facility..." The Linen Era (1930-45) postcard was mailed free military mail during WWII by a Private Nye stationed in Nashville to a family member in Norwich, Connecticut. The card is in good condition, but shows some franking on the image. Natural Color Card. Milwaukee, Wis.