Lobby of Hotel Metropol in Moscow, Russia, USSR, ca. 1932

Photograph of the lobby of Hotel Metropol in Moscow, Russia, USSR, taken by Lotte Jacobi, September 22, 1932. High-angle shot from a floor above into the lobby of Hotel Metropol. A potted palm tree is in the middle of the lobby on a tiled floor between large pillars, wait staff are walking about, and a man and woman are sitting at two desks on opposite sides of the room. A sign hanging from the first floor into the lobby reads, "DANCE FOX-TROT EVERY EVENING AT 8 OCLOCK ON THE SECOND FLOOR. "