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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

The Ambassador, Los Angeles, California, 1920

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The Ambassador, Los Angeles, California, 1920
PC-001-792
The Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1920
1920
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C. T. Photochrom, Chicago, Illinois [Curt Teich]
Theo Sohmer, Los Angeles, California
An aerial view shows a large plot of land occupied by hotel buildings and grounds. In the distance on the right are foothills. The Ambassador Hotel (formally opened in 1921) was built on Wilshire Boulevard, designed by Pasadena architect Myron Hunt. It became known as the home of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub and as the hotel where Robert Kennedy was assasinated in 1968. It was closed around 1988 and demolished around 2006. The Teich organization's number is A-83267.
Ambassador Hotel; Los Angeles; Wilshire Boulevard; Myron Hunt; Curt Teich; Cocoanut Grove nightclub; Hotels
3400 Wilshire Boulevard
California - Los Angeles - Koreatown
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
Western Publishing & Novelty, Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
No
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TIFF
20.61 MB
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