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Identifier
clloy_012
Title
The
Miramar
,
Santa
Monica
,
Calif
.
/
Nearest
beach
hotel
to
Los
Angeles
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1923
Subject (Topic)
Hotels--California--Santa
Monica
;
Beaches--California--Santa
Monica
;
Subject (Name)
Miramar
(Hotel
:
Santa
Monica
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Santa
Monica
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
14
x
9
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Curt
Teich
&
Co
.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Language
eng
Description
Birds-eye
view
of the
Miramar
Hotel
and
Santa
Monica
, as the
hotel
was to
look
when
completed."When
completed
,
one
wing
now
ready
"
stamped
on
front
.
Historical Background
The
original
Miramar
hotel
was the
home
of
Santa
Monica
co-founder
John
P
.
Jones
.
Built
in
1888
, the
three
story
Victorian
mansion
included
17
bedrooms
. In the
1920s
the
home
was
remodeled
and
enlarged
and
opened
as the
Miramar
Hotel
in
1921
. The
portion
of the
hotel
that
comprised
of
Jones
'
original
home
was
demolished
in the
1930s
.
Bungalows
that
opened
to the
pool
area
were
added
to the
hotel
in
1938
. In
1989
, in
celebration
of the
hotel's
100th
anniversary
, a
33
million
dollar
renovation
began
,
continuing
into the
1990s
. The
bungalows
that
once
lined
the
pool
area
were
demolished
and
replaced
with
luxury
one
and
two-story
suites
, and the
old
Ocean
Avenue
exit
was
moved
and a
new
entrance
created
at
101
Wilshire
Boulevard
. The
hotel
was
renamed
the "
Fairmont
Miramar
Hotel
"
when
Fairmont
Hotels
and
Resorts
began
managing
the
hotel
in
1999
.
Additional Printed Matter
On front, along lower edge: "Nearest beach hotel to Los Angeles"
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: A-96084
Additional Notes
Date
from
publisher's
serial
number
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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