Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, ca.1889

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Photograph of Santa Monica's Arcadia Hotel and Bath House from the beach, ca.1889. Hotel was named after Arcadia de Baker and opened in 1887. The main building is about five stories high. A flag flies from the highest tower. There are many sunbathers on the beach. Additional buildings can be seen at the beach level and in the background. Also visible are a wind vane and a water tower in the background. Legible signs include: "Arcadia bath houses". The breaking waves of the ocean are also visible.

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Title Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, ca.1889

Subject Arcadia Hotel (corporate name), Beaches (lcsh), commercial sites (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Beach scenes -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1889

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1889

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-m6661

Identifier 78 (accession number), CHS-78 (call number), CHS-78 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6725 (legacy record id), chs-m6661 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6776 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6725

Unique identifier UC121801

Legacy Identifier CHS-78.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 36.1 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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