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"Playing croquet in front of the Palmyra Hotel in Orange about 1887," Orange, California

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Title: "Playing croquet in front of the Palmyra Hotel in Orange about 1887," Orange, California
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1887
Publication Information: Orange Public Library
Contributing Institution: Orange Public Library and History Center
Collection: Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Rights Information: For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.
Description: Palmyra Hotel on South Glassell at Palmyra, Orange, California, 1907. Built by Charles Z. Culver, opened on July 28, 1887. Image shows several figures playing croquet on the lawn in front of the two- story wood hotel structure which contained 40 rooms, with a wide veranda and observation deck. Sold to various different owners, among them W. Fowler in 1889, and James Nunn in 1905. Rooms rented as apartments until 1955. Hotel was razed in February, 1970, later becoming the site of the Santiago Bank, constructed in 1979.
Photographic print
B&w
13.5 x 24 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1h4nb6kd
P199
10511747
Language: English
Subject: Hotels--Orange (Calif.)
Croquet
Orange (Calif.)
Historic buildings
Hotels
Palmyra Hotel--Orange (Calif.)

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