University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer) Hotel Playa de Ensenada (Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico) (subject) Ramos Martínez, Alfredo, -- 1875?-1946 (subject)
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Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Ensenada Mex., new hotel owners Bedell Hervey, Jack Dempsey etc., 1931, 2113-2120 Artist Alfredo Ramos Martinez, wearing cardigan sweater and tie, holding palette, at Hotel Playa de Ensenada The Hotel Playa Ensenada opened on October 31, 1930. Later known as the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico, it was an elegant gambling casino developed by the North American Compañía Mexicana del Rosarito. The architect was Gordon E. Mayer. The hotel was closed and partly demolished in 1964. Partly rebuilt in 1978, the hotel was reopened as the Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural de Ensenada. From the Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project web site: "in 1929, the boxer Jack Dempsey commissioned him to paint murals, create a series of paintings and decorate a chapel at the Hotel-Casino Playa Ensenada (Ensenada, Baja California)." Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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