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Title: El Rey Fire Viewed from J Street
Date Created and/or Issued: 1941
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Photograph of the fire at the El Rey Hotel on February 21, 1941 viewed from the east on J St. The El Rey Hotel opened under the Lee Brothers in 1933 at 519 J St and contained a theater. The building first operated as a hotel in 1917. An arsonist started the fire and the flames spread to the second floor. It cost over $50,000 to repair the theater. The Hotel Ramona is seen on the left. Taken in 1941 by John Marvich.
Type: image
Identifier: MC35-f02i08
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/4341
Subject: Auditoriums for Live Arts and Oration
Hotels and Motels
Fires
Firefighting Equipment
Street Scenes
Firefighters
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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