California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Interior view of the Coconut Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, 1920-1929

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Interior view of the Coconut Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, 1920-1929

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Photograph of an interior view of the Coconut Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, 1920-1929. The large room is decorated with scores of fake palm trees. Small tables with white tablecloths can be seen packed into the foreground, while in the middle ground, hundreds of people can be seen dancing. The room is lit with candles and everyone is dressed nicely in black-tie attire.

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Title Interior view of the Coconut Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, 1920-1929

Subject Ambassador Hotel (naf corporate name), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #1 (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Restaurants (file heading), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1920/1929

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

Date Created 1920/1929

Contributor Dick Whittington Photography (provenance)

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-m1368

Identifier 33250 (accession number), CHS-33250 (call number), CHS-33250 (filename), Whittington no: 12-22-1 (identifying number), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2239 (legacy record id), chs-m1368 (legacy record id), USC-3-1-1-1415 (legacy record id), 84-1-542 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2239

Unique identifier UC115890

Legacy Identifier CHS-33250.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 11.0 in at 300dpi
47.7 cm × 28.1 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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