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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Western Hotel in Sacramento, seen from across the street, ca.1930. The hotel, which was built in 1857, is pictured at center on the right side of the paved street. Automobiles can be seen parked along the sidewalk below. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1876 and subsequently rebuilt in 1878. An earlier record reads "Western Hotel of the 'Gold Rush Days'. Two hundred and sixty-five rooms. An early advertisment: 'There is no whitewash on our walls -- all are newly papered'. Three lives were lost in the fire". Legible signs from left to right include: "Buffalo Bohemian Lager", "Baths", "Birch [...]", "Wines. Liquors. Beers", and "Clothing. Furnishing Goods. Suitcases".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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