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Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, ca.1889
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Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, ca.1889
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Description
Photograph of Santa Monica's Arcadia Hotel and Bath House from the beach, ca.1889. Hotel was named after Arcadia de Baker and opened in 1887. The main building is about five stories high. A flag flies from the highest tower. There are many sunbathers on the beach. Additional buildings can be seen at the beach level and in the background. Also visible are a wind vane and a water tower in the background. Legible signs include: "Arcadia bath houses". The breaking waves of the ocean are also visible.
Asset Metadata
Title
Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, ca.1889
Subject
Arcadia Hotel
(corporate name),
Beaches
(lcsh),
commercial sites
(adlf),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Beach scenes -- General
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Santa Monica
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1889
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1889
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6661
Identifier
78 (
accession number
), CHS-78 (
call number
), CHS-78 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-6725 (
legacy record id
), chs-m6661 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-6776 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
6725
Unique identifier
UC121801
Legacy Identifier
CHS-78.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.4 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 36.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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