California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Group portrait of Alexandria Hotel bellmen and employees, ca.1920

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Group portrait of Alexandria Hotel bellmen and employees, ca.1920

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Photograph of a group portrait of Alexandria Hotel bellmen and employees, ca.1920. Fifteen men can be seen seated on the ground in two rows, while a line of thirteen men are visible standing behind them. Most of the men wear boots, pants with pinstripes down the sides, and buttoned-up jackets. Three younger boys seated in the front row wear similar outfits, but in a lighter color. They also wear caps reading, "Biltmore". One man in the center of the back row wears a suit and tie. The men appear to be standing on a roof, and buildings and hills are visible in the background. Harvey Didelous was bell captain.

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Title Group portrait of Alexandria Hotel bellmen and employees, ca.1920

Subject Alexandria Hotel (subject), buildings (adlf), Didelou, Harvey (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Portraits -- Group -- Occupations (file heading), Service industries workers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 5th and Spring Streets (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

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)

Date Created 1920

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-m13157

Identifier 42538 (accession number), CHS-42538 (call number), CHS-42538 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12673 (legacy record id), chs-m13157 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13309 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12673

Unique identifier UC133819

Legacy Identifier CHS-42538.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.2 cm × 40.4 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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