Title supplied by cataloger. A large group of people stand by the entrance to the Raymond Hotel to greet Charles William Eliot, president of Harvard. He is shaking a man's hand as he sits in his seat aboard a decorated, horse-drawn bus. "The Raymond" is printed on the side of the bus. Located in South Pasadena, the Raymond Hotel was the first major resort hotel of the San Gabriel Valley and was only opened from December to April. It was built by Mr. Walter Raymond of Raymond & Whitcomb Travel Agency of Boston, Mass. and sat atop Bacon Hill which lies between Pasadena and South Pasadena. Bacon Hill was renamed Raymond Hill with the opening of the hotel in 1886. The hotel burned down in 1895 and was replaced by a second Raymond Hotel in 1903.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Eliot, Charles William,--1834-1926 Harvard University--Presidents Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.) Hotels--California--Pasadena Horse-drawn vehicles--California--Pasadena College presidents Raymond, W.(Walter) Pasadena (Calif.) South Pasadena (Calif.)
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