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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Hotel Robinson, San Diego, California
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PC-000-886
Picture postcard of Hotel Robinson, San Diego, California
1900s
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The Hotel Florence was designed by William W. Bowers (1834-1917, Alonzo Horton's brother-in-law) and opened in 1884. In 1891, San Diego architect William Sterling Hebbard (1863-1930) remodeled the hotel. By 1907 the hotel was known as the Hotel Robinson, and by 1918 it had changed names again to Casa Loma. This "undivided back" postcard would not have been produced much beyond 1907, since in that year postal regulations allowed messages to be written beside addresses on the back of the card. Earlier than that, a lot of space was left beside or under photographs for messages, as here. In the upper right corner of the back of this card is the logo of the Balloon Route Excursion trolley trip, which places the postcard after 1900.
William W. Bowers; Hotel Florence; Florence Hotel; Casa Loma; San Diego; Hotel Robinson; Robinson Hotel; Hotels; William Hebbard
300 Fir
California - San Diego
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
Yes
PC-000-886A; also Journal San Dego History (Summer 1995, v 41, No. 3, & Fall 2002, v 48 # 4, online; History Center photo #1881 (1930) of Casaloma, all online at San Diego History Center; San Diego Tourist V11, iss11 1918 p.12 (Google book)
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19.73 MB
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