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[Mission revival building, probably a hotel, California] – Vintage Photo Print

[Mission revival building, probably a hotel, California], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Mission revival building, probably a hotel, California], [between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few details in this record name the building itself, so the picture is best understood through its subjects: a Mission Revival hotel in California and the automobiles parked before it. The cataloger's title says "probably a hotel," and the subject headings confirm that automobiles were part of the scene, which places the view in the years when motoring was becoming common. Mission Revival architecture, with its arched openings, stucco walls and red tile roofs, was popular across California in the early twentieth century, and it was often used for resort hotels and railroad stations. This glass negative belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed the country widely between about 1890 and 1920, and its plate was later donated to the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. 4860" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAutomobiles. Hotels.United States--California.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75107

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