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Three architectural fragments attributed to Al Capone's legendary headquarters at Chicago's Lexington Hotel, including a pink plaster wall fragment (1˝ x 1˝), an off-white bathtub chip (.75˝ x .25˝), and a lavender shard from Capone's famed bathtub (.5˝ x .25˝), all mounted on an 8˝ x 13.5˝ printed presentation entitled "Al Capone's Home Sweet Home: Room of Doom." The 1984 presentation, produced by The Bangs Co. of Berwyn, Illinois, twice identifies the suite as Room 630 and incorporates period imagery of Capone and the Lexington Hotel alongside descriptive text identifying the fragments as relics from the notorious headquarters. Framed and in fine condition. Accompanied by two wire photos of the Lexington Hotel, one picturing a man holding a large chunk of marble from the lobby of Capone's headquarters.
During the Prohibition era, Al Capone operated his criminal empire from Suite 530 of Chicago's Lexington Hotel at the corner of Michigan Avenue and 22nd Street. This presentation's identification of the site as Room 630 beneath its "Room of Doom" title reflects a designation that appeared in later souvenir displays and local lore, despite contemporary sources consistently placing Capone's residence and headquarters in Suite 530. The three fragments preserved here—a plaster wall section, an off-white bathtub chip, and a lavender shard identified as from Capone's famed bathtub—represent tangible remnants associated with one of the most infamous gangland locations in American history.
