Woman in traditional Mexican dress in front of Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Woman in traditional Mexican dress in front of 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

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.
Woman in traditional Mexican dress standing in doorway in front of Hotel Playa de Ensenada, with wooden door, tiled wall and step, and large ceramic pot

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: AB551 - P24
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)
Ethnic costume--Mexico
Casinos--Mexico--Ensenada (Baja California)
Business
Culture