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Visual exploration and analysis of historic hotel visits

Chris Weaver, David Fyfe, Anthony Robinson, Deryck Holdsworth, Donna Peuquet and Alan M MacEachren

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Table 1. Periodic patterns in the visits to one or both hotels, as observed using the reruns view in coordination with other views

Periodicity Visits Guest/Home/Occupation Hotel Observations
Weekly45Harry WelshansRebersburgVertical pattern. Almost all visits on Tuesday.
Same day BoonevilleHotel 
  Huckster  
Weekly62S. D. FesslerNational HotelVertical pattern. Most visits Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Different days Hollidaysburg  
  Unknown  
Biweekly21Harry McCloskeyRebersburgVertical pattern. Almost all visits on Monday.
Same day CoburnHotel 
  Unknown  
Biweekly24R. W. McEldowneyNational HotelVertical pattern. Two weeks apart but no single day prominent.
Different days Altoona  
  Wholesale Salesman  
Biweekly36John G. FeltyNational HotelVertical patterns. Several cases of two visits the same week (mostly Mondays, Thursdays).
Mixed days Harrisburg  
  Unknown  
Multiweekly40E. K. HessRebersburg HotelVertical pattern. Most visits on Thursday. Always even number of weeks (up to 8) apart.
Same day Williamsport  
  Traveling Salesman  
Multiweekly27Wm. R. LylteNational HotelVertical pattern. Almost always Monday–Wednesday, usually even number of weeks apart.
Different days Altoona  
  Salesman  
Bimonthly48R. L. EhrenfeldNational HotelDiagonal pattern. Visits during the middle and end/beginning of months.
  Altoona  
  Bar tender in 1900  
  census  
Monthly30Samuel McCurdyNational HotelDiagonal pattern. Consecutive days most months.
Consecutive days Hollidaysburg  
  Unknown  
Monthly44Wm. SmeltzerNational HotelDiagonal pattern. Most visits occur from 17th to the 22nd each month.
  Woodbury  
  Unknown  
Mixed44Thos. WeirNational HotelBegins with vertical pattern every other Monday. Switches to diagonal pattern mid-month (around the 15th).
  Altoona  
  Unknown  
Weekday/VariousVariousBothVertical patterns. Fewer on weekends than weekdays.
Weekend    
SeasonalVariousVariousBothVertical histograms undulate with seasons. More visits during the summer than winter.
Seasonal78A. M. SheatsRebersburgDeviations from vertical pattern during winter months.
variation BoonevilleHotel 
  Huckster  
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