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Title: Barbara Worth Hotel, El Centro, [1927?]
Date Created and/or Issued: [1927?]
1927
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Barbara Worth Hotel, 4-story building with arcade, with street, cars, and pedestrians in foreground, sign near entrance reading Postal Telegraph
Possibly related to the article, “San Diego to El Centro Road Reveals Gain, Widening Mountain Springs Grade Brings Results Indicative of Benefit From Good Highway.” Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 1927. The article states: "...it adds another link to the paved portion of United States Route No. 80, extending from San Diego to Savannah, Ga...."
The Barbara Worth Hotel was at 7th and Main, El Centro. It was built in 1915 and burned down in 1962.
Handwritten at edge of negative: Barbara Worth Hotel Elcentro 1-22
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, El Centro
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 0409
uclamss_1429_0409
ark:/21198/zz002d9p7c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Hotels--California--El Centro
Landmarks
Barbara Worth Hotel (El Centro, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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