Woman posing next to fountain, Virginia Hotel, Long Beach, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Woman posing next to fountain, Virginia Hotel, Long Beach, 1929

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date

1929

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Woman in bathing suit, smiling, standing on pedestal of fountain with fish and cherub, one hand on fountain, one arm raised, on lawn in front of Virginia Hotel, with beach, umbrellas, and ocean in background
The Virginia Hotel was at Ocean Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach. It opened in 1908, closed in 1932, and was demolished after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
The same woman appears in image uclamss_1300_2027, with same fountain in background

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: 1766 [Struck out: VIR 25 1/2]
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1773 - 1774 1777 - 1778 - 1779 - 1779 1/2 1778 1/2 [some text torn off: probably 1775 1776] Virginia Hotel, 1929, Views of hotel from sea-front & Virginia Country Club

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Virginia Hotel (Long Beach, Calif.)

Location

California--Long Beach

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Culture