Christmas Party

In fact, the company had completely forgotten about the building. It turns out that it was built in 1927 and sold in 1954. It was a prototype of a display building which Kodak had intended on using to display and sell their consumer photographic products. They had planned on building a whole bunch of these but only five were built due to the great depression. And the one here in St. Louis is the only one of the five left.

On the first floor there are inset panels which featured large photographs. These were painted over by a subsequent owner. In the basement was a large development lab where film was developed for customers. The guy at the party said they found a lot of old stuff in the building as they were cleaning it up. Unopened boxes of film and old cameras that are probably worth some money to some collectors. They were going to call it the Eastman Kodak building but Kodak didn't like this and decided to sue them over it. So it's now just called the Thaxton building after the developer. The panels all have art deco paintings in them now and downstairs is a nice bar and eating area. It was really a beautiful building to be in but I found my self wondering a lot what it was like in it's original form. How exciting that must have been as consumer photography was in it's infancy. This must of been a pretty high tech place to work!

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