California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the Robal Inn in San Pedro, ca.1924

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Exterior view of the Robal Inn in San Pedro, ca.1924

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Robal Inn in San Pedro, ca.1924. A building can be seen to the left of center with a sloped roof and stairs that lead to the front entrance. A group of people can be seen standing to the left of the stairs behind a low wall. Two early-style automobiles are parked in front of the building, while two people can be seen standing to the right of the automobiles. A large two-story building can be seen to the right of the first building, with an automobile parked in front. A utility pole can be seen at right alongside the road that runs in front of the buildings. The foreground is composed of a sandy lot.

Asset Metadata

Title Exterior view of the Robal Inn in San Pedro, ca.1924

Subject Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- Commercial hotels (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Robal Inn (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1924

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1924

Creator Huddleston Photo Company (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-m4547

Identifier 44532 (accession number), CHS-44532 (call number), CHS-44532 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5194 (legacy record id), chs-m4547 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-4644 (legacy record id), USC (project), 42000 (unidentified no.), 84-1-1608 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5194

Unique identifier UC126443

Legacy Identifier CHS-44532.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
51.7 cm × 40.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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