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Title
Exterior view of the Hotel Monrovia, ca.1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1885/1895
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Hotel Monrovia, ca.1890. The three-story, clapboard-sided Victorian-style manor house is pictured at center, two horse-drawn carriages visible in its front lawn to the left and right. People are visible gathered on its front porch beneath the tower-like spire that extends from its right corner. A cactus and bushes can be seen growing near the side porch to the right. Trees and hedges decorate the grounds. Mountains are visible in the background. Picture file card reads: "Grand view".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5938
USC-1-1-1-6046 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7692
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5938
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7692.jpg
Subject
Grand View Hotel
Hotels, taverns, etc
Carriages and carts
Los Angeles County--Monrovia
Buildings
Time Period
1885/1895
Place
California
Los Angeles
Monrovia
USA
Source
7692 [Accession number]
CHS-7692 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
isla id: 1-69-17 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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