Birdseye view of the Alhambra Hotel after it was moved, 1924

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Photograph of an birdseye view of the Alhambra Hotel after it was moved, 1924. The six-story hotel can be seen in the background and rests on a series of metal girders. In the foreground, workers can be seen near where the hotel used to be. Utility wires can be seen at right. A sign on the bottom story of the hotel reads: "This 6-story re-enforced concrete building 60 x 123 feet, weighing 11,000 tons - was moved 130 feet sideways by the Kress House Moving Company of Los Angeles." Relates to USC-2-1-1-1289.

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Title Birdseye view of the Alhambra Hotel after it was moved, 1924

Subject Alhambra Hotel (subject), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Kress House Moving Company (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #1 (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), 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

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-m1245

Identifier 43832 (accession number), CHS-43832 (call number), CHS-43832 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2122 (legacy record id), chs-m1245 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1290 (legacy record id), 84-1-1541 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2122

Unique identifier UC117884

Legacy Identifier CHS-43832.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.4 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
49.3 cm × 35.7 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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