Immigrant Montenegrins in traditional clothing.

ID: 1945
This file appears in: The Balkan Hotel

This image of three unidentified Montenegrin immigrants was photographed in New York around 1910 by Frederick C. Howe. Image courtesy of National Geographic.

This file appears in: The Balkan Hotel

By Renee Cebula
The Balkan Hotel was built in 1909 as a Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) hotel. SROs were lodging houses that provided basic rooms for laborers that often were single males. The hotel was built at a time when Spokane's population grew 6000% fueled…