California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Interior of the lobby at Long Beach's Virginia Hotel, 1900-1910

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Interior of the lobby at Long Beach's Virginia Hotel, 1900-1910

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Photograph of the interior of the lobby at Long Beach's Virginia Hotel, 1900-1910. The lobby is a massive room whose ceiling is held up by thick marble columns. Chandeliers hang from the ceiling in organized rows. High-backed upholstered chairs can be seen gathered near the columns, and decorative rungs cover the floor. A large archway can be seen at the end of the room in the distance at center.

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Title Interior of the lobby at Long Beach's Virginia Hotel, 1900-1910

Subject buildings (adlf), Hotel Virginia (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Architecture -- Commercial (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Long Beach (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1900/1910

Creator Bacon (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-m6454

Identifier 14358 (accession number), CHS-14358 (call number), CHS-14358 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6539 (legacy record id), chs-m6454 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6569 (legacy record id), 1-32- (microfiche number), 1-32-170 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6539

Unique identifier UC116776

Legacy Identifier CHS-14358.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 40.5 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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