California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

People in front of a pool house at the Arrowhead Springs Hotel resort near San Bernardino, ca.1925-1930

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People in front of a pool house at the Arrowhead Springs Hotel resort near San Bernardino, ca.1925-1930

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Photograph of a group of people in front of a pool house at the Arrowhead Springs Hotel resort near San Bernardino, ca.1925-1930. The building is at center and is light-colored with a terracotta tile roof. Wooden doors can be seen at left and right, while a large cloth awning covers a porch at center. At left, three women and a child are visible near the edge of the pool. The pool can be seen in the foreground and its calm water reflects the surrounding scenery. A line of eucalyptus trees can be seen in the background, while the Arrowhead Mountain with a famous "arrowhead" formation on it (California Historical Landmark # 977) is visible further in the distance. Additional information: The pool was built circa 1908, and the men's/women's pool house was added circa 1925. In 1938, the Arrowhead Springs Hotel and resort was ravaged by a wide spread forest fire. The hotel was rebuilt in 1939, but the swimming pool was relocated in a different area of the resort, although it still used the warm spring water. This pool was named the Esther Williams Swimming Pool in the latter era of Hollywood's Golden Age, when Arrowhead Springs was still the swankiest hotel on the west coast. The "arrowhead" landmark on the hill itself is described by some geologists as a naturally occurring phenomenon of undetermined age, although it is too incredible to imagine the odds of such a natural phenomenon pointing directly below to the some of the most unique hot springs in the world. But if ancient Americans somehow created it, it has not yet been described how it was done, or by who, or when. It is certain that it was known to the Franciscan fathers who traveled from Mission San Gabriel to the San Bernardino Valley in the early 1800's. It is also certain that to the Native Americans it was considered sacred ground.

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Title People in front of a pool house at the Arrowhead Springs Hotel resort near San Bernardino, ca.1925-1930

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Arrowhead Springs Hotel (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), recreational facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arrowhead Springs, San Bernardino (city or populated place), California (states), San Bernardino (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925/1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1925/1930

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21054

Identifier 35112 (accession number), CHS-35112 (call number), CHS-35112 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20071 (legacy record id), chs-m21054 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20071

Unique identifier UC122214

Legacy Identifier CHS-35112.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 34.6 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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