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Title
"Sierra Madre Villa" (Cogswell's Hotel) San Gabriel
Creator
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date Created and/or Issued
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
The long, two-story building of the Sierra Madre Villa hotel in San Gabriel (now Sierra Madre, California), owned by William F. Cogswell, with many windows, sits on a slight hill in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. A group of smaller buildings sit to the right. A forked, dirt road lined with shrub plants and young trees leads up to buildings.
Title derived from Watkins New Series stereo #4390. Date devised by cataloger; Watkins made two trips to Southern California, in 1877 and 1880.
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 16 x 12 cm
Identifier
photCL 74
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/14805
Subject
Hotels--California--Sierra Madre
Cabinet photographs. (aat)
Place
Sierra Madre (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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