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Title: Unique Automobile Hotel, San Luis Obispo, Cal
Creator: Plunkett, Bob
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the Milestone Mo-tel (later renamed the Mo-Tel Inn) on Monterey Street, off of Highway 101, in San Luis Obispo, California, with automobiles parked in front and bell tower. This was the first "motel" ever to be called such and opened in December 1925.
"Unique automobile hotel, San Luis Obispo, Cal." and "2"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date devised by cataloger based on year the motel opened and style of cars in image.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 9.1 x 4.7 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
488822
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/18747
Subject: Automobiles
Hotels
Motels
Photographs. (aat)
Place: San Luis Obispo (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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