PC-002-404

Hotel Potter at night, Santa Barbara, California

 

 

 

 

The hotel is lit up under a full moon, with a flowered walkway leading to it from the foreground. On the right are distant mountains. The Potter, as it was known, opened in 1903 as a year-round hotel, rather than seasonal. It was sold in 1919, becoming the Belvedere, then sold once again to become the Ambassador. In 1921 the hotel burned to the ground and was not rebuilt. The Ambassador Park on West Cabrillo Boulevard is the site of the former entrance. The back carries the notation that the card was made in Germany, the publisher's number M 60, and the promotional phrase "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders," possibly indicating that the hotel was part of a railroad promotion.

Santa Barbara; Hotel Potter; The Potter; Hotels; Burton's Mound; Ambassador Hotel; Ambassador Park; Belvedere Hotel

125 West Mason Street

California - Santa Barbara

 

 

MS-0008

 

Newman Post Card Company, Los Angeles, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

Image

TIFF

21.34 MB