Sun clipping attached to back reads: "The Grand Dame is 80 This Year- The grand dame of Belleair--The Belleview Biltmore Hotel--turns 80 this year (above) and opens for the winter season with a traditional noontime flag-raising ceremony Saturday. Pictured at left (photo, courtesy of Clearwater Chamber of Commerce) just after it was completed in 1896, the hotel was built by Henry B. Plant when he acquired the Orange Belt Railroad. It first opened Jan. 15, 1897 with the first guests arriving in private railroad cars. The Clearwater Sun is seeking other old pictures of places of interest in the area for use in a continuing series of then-and-now scenes."