Judging by the five arched windows at the end of the room and other photographic evidence, we are looking at the same room in the photo below of the banquet hall, as in the postcard above of the dining room, just a different arrangement of the tables and chairs. Given the decor - patriotic flags and bunting - in the photo below, we are most certainly looking at a veteran's reunion banquet about to begin.



A view of the dining room from the 1899 "Illustrated Laconian". In this photo instead of five arched windows we are looking at five doors at the far end of the room. Possibly this was the other end of the dining room. A floor plan of the Hotel would be useful to determine the dining room's exact location within the Hotel, but it is doubtful that such a plan still exists.