Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Ensenada, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Ensenada, 1931

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1931

Date

1931

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Artist Alfredo Ramos Martinez, wearing cardigan sweater and tie, holding palette, at Hotel Playa de Ensenada
From the Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project web site: "in 1929, the boxer Jack Dempsey commissioned him to paint murals, create a series of paintings and decorate a chapel at the Hotel-Casino Playa Ensenada (Ensenada, Baja California)."
The Hotel Playa Ensenada opened on October 31, 1930. Later known as the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico, it was an elegant gambling casino developed by the North American Compañía Mexicana del Rosarito. The architect was Gordon E. Mayer. The hotel was closed and partly demolished in 1964. Partly rebuilt in 1978, the hotel was reopened as the Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural de Ensenada.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Ensenada Mex., new hotel owners Bedell Hervey, Jack Dempsey etc., 1931, 2113-2120

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
portraits

Names

Hotel Playa de Ensenada (Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico)
Ramos Martínez, Alfredo, 1875?-1946

Location

Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Hotels--Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)
People
Casinos--Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)
Arts