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Description
Accession number: P5757 See also accession number P60 for another view. Southeast exposure of Pickwick Hotel, built in 1926 by the Pickwick and Motor Transit Companies (M. Eugene Durfee, architect) for $110,000 on land leased from Fred C. Rimpau, located at 225 South Los Angeles Street (later Anaheim Blvd.); originally called the El Torre Hotel, name changed to Pickwick in 1929; hotel torn down June 1988; image shows hotel facade one week after earthquake in March 1933, with scaffolding along facade and cupola; several cars are parked diagonally along South Los Angeles Street in front of hotel; signage along hotel building reads "[PICKW]ICK / [CA]FE", "ROY MENDOZA" (accountant), and "WEST / BROS / TIRES / GARAGE"; two-lamp streetlight visible in background right.
Durfee, M. Eugene Morien Eugene Durfee--1885-1941 Pickwick Hotel--est. 1929--California--Anaheim El Torre Hotel--1926-1929.--California--Anaheim Roy N. Mendoza Accounting--act. ca. 1933.--California--Anaheim West Brothers Garage--act. ca. 1933.--California--Anaheim Hotels--California--Anaheim Automobiles Natural disasters--California Anaheim (Calif.)--Commerce
Place
Pickwick Hotel est. 1929 California Anaheim. El Torre Hotel 1926-1929. Anaheim Roy N. Mendoza Accounting act. ca. 1933. West Brothers Garage Hotels Natural disasters California. Anaheim (Calif.) Commerce
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