PC-000-783

Picture postcard of the El Cortez Hotel, before the 1937 addition

 

 

 

 

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 original photograph for this hand-tinted reproduction must have been taken between 1927 and 1937.

El Cortez Hotel; Flags; San Diego; Picture postcards

702 Ash Street

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, 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 through PC-000-782. PC-000-784 through PC-000-788

[in white space above photographic reproduction]
12:--El Cortez, San Diego, Calif.

[hand printed at bottom left]
31594

 

Image

TIFF

20.04 MB