Dec. 6, 1933: Arthur L. Race manager of the Copley Plaza and one of the leaders in the repeal battle among hotel men, had the honor of serving the first drinks in Massachusetts at the Copley Plaza's Merry-Go-Round bar to (from left) Declan Corcoran, an attorney in Senator David I. Walsh's office; Governor Joseph B. Ely, and Senator Walsh. "What'll it be gentlemen?" the governor and senior senator were asked. "Martinis," was the decision.Dec. 6, 1933: Arthur L. Race manager of the Copley Plaza and one of the leaders in the repeal battle among hotel men, had the honor of serving the first drinks in Massachusetts at the Copley Plaza's Merry-Go-Round bar to (from left) Declan Corcoran, an attorney in Senator David I. Walsh's office; Governor Joseph B. Ely, and Senator Walsh. "What'll it be gentlemen?" the governor and senior senator were asked. "Martinis," was the decision.
Dec. 6, 1933: Arthur L. Race manager of the Copley Plaza and one of the leaders in the repeal battle among hotel men, had the honor of serving the first drinks in Massachusetts at the Copley Plaza's Merry-Go-Round bar to (from left) Declan Corcoran, an attorney in Senator David I. Walsh's office; Governor Joseph B. Ely, and Senator Walsh. "What'll it be gentlemen?" the governor and senior senator were asked. "Martinis," was the decision.