Woman looking over back of chair at the Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Woman looking over back of chair at the Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1931

Date

1931

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Unidentified woman wearing sleeveless dress, pearl necklace, wide bracelet, and ring, looking over the back of upholstered armchair, in the interior of the Hotel Playa de Ensenada
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

Names

Hotel Playa de Ensenada (Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico)

Location

Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Hotels--Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)
Casinos--Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)
Lifestyle