Image of two people in a courtyard in front of the eastern face of the Arcadia Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. Only three of the five stories of the hotel can be seen from the east face. "30. Arcadia Hotel"--text, on item. Advertisement for Pacific Photograph Gallery on verso: "Pacific Photograph Gallery on the beach at Santa Monica, Calif. ... H.F. Rile." Title transcribed from item; date devised by cataloger based on history of the Arcadia Hotel, which was completed in 1887 and demolished in 1909. This image is reproduced in Ernest Marquez's publication: Santa Monica Beach: a collector's pictorial history (Angel City Press, 2004), page 167.
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