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Description
Photograph of an interior view of the Coconut Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, 1920-1929. The large room is decorated with scores of fake palm trees. Small tables with white tablecloths can be seen packed into the foreground, while in the middle ground, hundreds of people can be seen dancing. The room is lit with candles and everyone is dressed nicely in black-tie attire.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Hotels #1 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Restaurants Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc Hotels, taverns, etc Buildings
Time Period
1920/1929
Place
California Los Angeles USA Wilshire Boulevard
Source
33250 [Accession number] 84-1-542 [Microfiche number] CHS-33250 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] Whittington no: 12-22-1 [Identifying number]
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