Windermere Hotel on a bluff in Santa Monica, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the Windermere Hotel on a bluff in Santa Monica, [s.d.]. The hotel is at center and is on top of a steep rocky cliff. The hotel is a large, light colored building with two large towers at center. It is surrounded by a variety of trees and bushes, as well a several smaller buildings. At the base of the cliff, a line of utility poles runs parallel to a paved road. The road is densely lined with early-model automobiles. A small "U"-shaped building is in the foreground and a row of small prefabricated buildings adjoins it at left. The edge of the sandy beach is visible in the foreground at left, and several beach-goers are making their way across it. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Santa Monica Garage", "For Sale or Lease", "For Sale or Lease This choice ocean frontage extending to tidewater in heart of new amusement center 10 lots [?] 500 feet [?] Municipal Pier Investment Co. Room 332, Security Building, Los Angeles", "Lunch Room", "Hot Lunches", "Ice Cream", "Casino Bazaar", and "Ice Cream Sandwiches 5¢".

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Title Windermere Hotel on a bluff in Santa Monica, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), Fences (lcsh), Ocean (lcsh), Parks (lcsh), Santa Monica -- General (subject), Windermere Hotel (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

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-m20062

Identifier 14038 (accession number), CHS-14038 (call number), CHS-14038 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19879 (legacy record id), chs-m20062 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19879

Unique identifier UC121812

Legacy Identifier CHS-14038.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
47.7 cm × 34.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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