Image of the Santa Monica Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with horse-drawn wagons and buggies in front and people standing on the porch and balcony. The larger back building housed the sleeping quarters, the front building had offices and the dining room. "Sa. Monica Hotel Sa. Monica, Los Ang. Co. Cal, ca 1890"--text, handwritten in pencil on verso. Title devised by cataloger based on note on verso; date devised by cataloger based on history of the hotel, which burned down on January 15, 1889.
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