[KIEPURA Jan] Photograph and newspaper clipping. Krynica-Zdrój [1933].

Photo format:15x18cm. Tears, stamp on back: "Construction of the Hotel-Pension of Jan Kiepura in Krynica-Zdr.".

The grand opening of the luxurious Palace Hotel Patria in Krynica-Zdroj, owned by the famous singer Jan Kiepura, took place on Christmas Day 1933. The building, designed by Bohdan Pniewski, was the pinnacle of modernity and elegance at the time, attracting the artistic and political elite. Jan Kiepura invested about $160,000 in the construction.