PC-000-779

Picture postcard of El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, before sign placed in 1937

 

circa 1930

 

 

Built on the site of the U. S. Grant, Jr. home on Ash Street, the hotel was the tallest building (at 310 feet) in San Diego from its opening in 1927 until 1963. The El Cortéz was designed by the firm of Albert R. Walker (1981-1958) and Percy Eisen (1885-1946), the architects responsible for the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. In 1937 the hotel changed hands, and a large illuminated sign was placed at the top of the hotel reading, "El Cortez Hotel." The lack of this sign means that the photograph must have been taken between 1927 and 1937. The style of the cars suggests that the photograph was taken not long after the hotel opened, and another postcard with the same photograph (PC-000-779) has a postmark for 1930. On the back, in the message portion, the printing reads: "El Cortez Hotel, owned and operated by Grant Terrace Building Co. Ltd. G. W. Price, President Richard I. Scollin, Manager."

El Cortez Hotel; Ash Street Hill; Cortez Hill; San Diego; Hotels

702 Ash Street

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

PC-000-518, PC-000-609, PC-000-615, PC-000-708, PC-000-769 throughPC-000-778, PC-000-780 through PC-000-788

[in border at bottom of photograph]
El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, Calif.
Average Annual Temperature, 61 degrees

 

Image

TIFF

20.39 MB