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Title
"Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, San Diego, Cal."
Contributor
Reid, Watson (architect)
Reid, James (architect)
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Contributing Institution
Palos Verdes Library District
Collection
Postcard and Ephemera Collection
Rights Information
Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
Description
Hand-colored postcard image image shows east entrance of the Hotel del Coronado, with two automobiles parked in front. Designed by architects James and Watson Reid for the Coronado Beach Company, the “Del”, as it is commonly known, was completed in 1888 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Split-back printed in green ink on reverse with “PANAMA CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION – SAN DIEGO – 1915 – THE COMPLETION OF THE PANAMA CANAL” in medallion beneath galleon ship, and “PUBLISHED BY ENO & MATTESON, SAN DIEGO, CAL. MADE IN U.S.A.”, “C.T. PHOTOCHROM” for the Curt Teich Company of Chicago, numbered “R-39115”.
Date Built: 1888
Type
image
Format
1 postcard; 3.5 x 5.5 in
Identifier
pvld:1176
bar code: 000013755
Subject
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
Time Period
1911-1920
Place
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)

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