Exterior view of the Western Hotel in Sacramento, seen from across the street, ca.1930

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Western Hotel in Sacramento, seen from across the street, ca.1930. The hotel, which was built in 1857, is pictured at center on the right side of the paved street. Automobiles can be seen parked along the sidewalk below. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1876 and subsequently rebuilt in 1878. An earlier record reads "Western Hotel of the 'Gold Rush Days'. Two hundred and sixty-five rooms. An early advertisment: 'There is no whitewash on our walls -- all are newly papered'. Three lives were lost in the fire".; Legible signs from left to right include: "Buffalo Bohemian Lager", "Baths", "Birch [...]", "Wines. Liquors. Beers", and "Clothing. Furnishing Goods. Suitcases".

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Title Exterior view of the Western Hotel in Sacramento, seen from across the street, ca.1930

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Sacramento County -- Street views (file heading), Western Hotel (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Sacramento (city or populated place), Sacramento (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), 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 1930

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m8283

Identifier 20378 (accession number), CHS-20378 (call number), CHS-20378 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8603 (legacy record id), chs-m8283 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8415 (legacy record id), 1-112-188 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8603

Unique identifier UC138226

Legacy Identifier CHS-20378.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 41.3 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

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