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Originally Posted by Tony Gordon
Quite possibly the Pump Room or Coq d'Or.
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Tony,
Funny you mentioned the Pump Room as that thought jumped into my head when I first saw the picture also. No chance though. The Pump Room, in the old Ambassador East hotel, didn't open till 1938. Frank Chance passed in 1924.
For those unaware, the Ambassador East was one of those grand old downtown city hotels you'd often see in old movies and shows. In fact, the Ambassador East was featured in Hitchcock's classic, "North by Northwest", which starred Cary Grant. The Pump Room entrance was through the hotel lobby, and the walls of the place were covered with photos of all the celebrities, politicians, and other notable people that supposedly had been to the restaurant/club. The pictures on the wall of the OP's photo look very similar to how the Pump Room looked.
Not really familiar with Coq d'Or, but assume that was a similar type of club/restaurant inside a major hotel. In this case it was Chicago's Drake Hotel. But again, no chance it was the site of the OP's picture as Coq d'Or didn't open till 1933.