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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Al Schmitz sitting in his Moon motor car and posing for a photograph. He sits at the steering wheel. The car is parked on a dirt road in front and to the left of the Elizabeth Lake Hotel & Restaurant. The car is viewed from the side and faces right. Another man standing on the opposite side of the car is visible between the steering wheel and windshield. The hotel/restaurant/general store is viewed from the front and side. Two men sit on benches on the right side of the front patio. The building is covered in signage. A sign on the left side of the building reads, "ELIZABETH LAKE HOTEL." A sign on the building's pediment reads, "ELIZABETH LAKE HOTEL & RESTAURANT LOS ANGELES BR'G CO'S "EAST SIDE" BEER JOHNSON & SON PROPS." On the roof overhang there are two signs, one reads, "C.L. JOHNSON & SON," and the other reads, "HOTEL." On the left front window to the building, it reads, "GROCERIES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS." Text from negative sleeve: 458. Elizabeth Lake. About 1915. Al Schmitz in his Moon car in front of the Hotel at the Lake.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0458_001 ark:/21198/zz002hqhns
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Hotels--California--Lancaster Automobiles--American--California--Lancaster Schmitz, Albert B., 1871-1948
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