Melrose Hotel being torn down after 75 years, 1957

Description

6 images. Melrose Hotel being torn down after 75 years, 8 April 1957. Lucy Davis -- 87 years (guest for 40 years); Samuel deLacy -- 78 years (guest); Patrick J. Murphy (clerk).
Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gray. Date: 1957-04-08. Reporter: Bosquet. Assignment: Melrose Hotel. Long shot of Melrose hotel to be torn down after 75 years with City Hall tower in background. Miss Lucy Davis, 87, guest in Melrose Hotel 40 years, shown leaving. Samuel deLacy, 78, guest of the hotel many years, shown saying goodbye to clerk Patrick J. Murphy".

Title:

Record ID:

examiner-m12601

Names & Dates

Created:

1957-04-08

Creator:

[photographer] Gray

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Coverage:

1957-04-08

Place:

[buildings] Melrose Hotel
[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
6 photographs : negatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

University of Southern California

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343

Identifiers

Record ID:

examiner-m12601

Source:

[sleeve no] 12099-001

Language:

en_us