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This is a photograph of the Hotel Pasadena. A label (visible here) on the upper left corner of the photograph reads "HOTEL PASADENA 1885 / S/W corner of Colorado and Fair Oaks". Verso reads, in different handwriting: "1885 Hotel Pasadena", "Ward Block / Cor. Fair Oaks & Colorado St", "Picture Belongs to L.E. Jarvis", "This was the home of the First National Bank, the first bank in Pasadena", "Webster's Hotel", and "Pasadena Restaurant". The verso is also stamped by "T.G. Norton & Co. / Landscape Photographers / Pasadena, Cal." Visible in the photograph on the ground floor are shop signs for, from Left to Right: L.H. (?) Bixby General Merchandise; Pasadena Restaurant; Cigars and Tobacco, News Agency; Washburn & Watts Real Estate & Insurance; Harness Shop. A large sign above the windows of the second floor reads: "Webster's Hotel / Restaurant / E.G. Webster, Pro."
Central business districts--California--Pasadena Colorado Boulevard (Pasadena, Calif.) Fair Oaks Avenue (Pasadena, Calif.) Horse-drawn vehicles--California--Pasadena Hotel Pasadena (Pasadena, Calif.) Hotels--California--Pasadena Old Town (Pasadena, Calif.) People--California--Pasadena Streets--California--Pasadena
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