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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, 1928

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El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, 1928
PC-000-774
El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, Frank Cummings, Jr., Manager, 1928
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."
El Cortez Hotel; Ash Street Hill; Cortez Hill; San Diego; Hotels; Albert R. Walker; Percy Eisen
702 Ash Street
California - San Diego
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Western Publishing & Novelty Col, Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
PC-000-518, PC-000-609, PC-000-615, PC-000-708, PC-000-769 through PC-000-773, PC-000-885 through PC-000-788
  • San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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TIFF
19.93 MB
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