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Peabody Hotel

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The Peabody Hotel was known for ducks swimming in its fountain, and for a short time in the 1930s the fountain also held baby alligators. During World War II, enlisted men who had nowhere else to stay were allowed to sleep on the floor of the lobby and mezzanine.
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