PC-001-551

Virginia Hotel, Long Beach, California

 

circa 1911

 

Van Ornum Colorprint Co., Los Angeles, California

This is a view from the road of the Virginia Hotel, seen elsewhere in this collection from the beach behind the hotel. A vast lawn stretches from either side of a long walk from the front pillars to the entrance. Designed by architects John C. Austin and Frederick C. Brown, the Virginia Hotel was originally the Bixby Hotel but was renamed in 1906 and opened in 1908. It was closed in 1932 after the stock-market crash, and it was demolished after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. The phrase "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders" on the back may mean that this postcard was part of a promotion for the Coast Line-Shasta Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The publisher's number on the back is D3.

Long Beach; Virginia Hotel; Hotel Virginia; Bixby Hotel; Hotels; John C. Austin; Frederick C. Brown

 

California - Long Beach - Victory Park

 

 

MS-0008

 

Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

PC-001-549; PC-001-550; PC-001-548

 

 

Image

TIFF

21.06 MB