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This is an original Hotel Van Rensselaer room key No. 510 from Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
* Date: Probably 1950s–early 1960s. “New York 3, N.Y.” is the pre-ZIP postal-zone format generally used before 1963.
* Material: Brass key with red molded plastic hotel fob.
* Purpose of wording: Anyone finding it could drop it into a mailbox; the hotel guaranteed the return postage.
* Hotel history: The Van Rensselaer occupied 13–19 East 11th Street and operated until its conversion into apartments around 1972–73. Hotel history
* Interesting connection: Frank Zappa and his wife Gail reportedly stayed there when they moved to New York in 1967, although there is no evidence connecting them specifically to room 510. Zappa recollection
Vintage 1950s Hotel Van Rensselaer NYC Room 510 Key Fob Greenwich Village
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