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- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, Ca
- Creator:
- Colourpictures Publishers Inc. (Boston, Mass.)
- Publisher:
- San Diego, Calif.: Del Mar Sales Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1950/1959
- Subject:
- Hotels--California--San Diego
Postcards--California--San Diego - Location:
- United States, California, San Diego County, San Diego, 32.71571, -117.16472
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) featuring a street view of the El Cortez Hotel. El Cortez is a landmark hotel in San Diego, California. Built from 1926 to 1927, the El Cortez was the tallest building in San Diego when it opened. From its opening in 1927 through the 1950s, it was the most glamorous apartment-hotel in San Diego. The large "El Cortez" sign, which is illuminated at night, was added in 1937 and could be seen for miles. In the 1950s, the world's first outside glass elevator and the first motorized moving sidewalk were built at the El Cortez. Text on reverse: El Cortez Hotel. The famous El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, Calif., which introduced the first “Glass” elevator to the U.S. Amid flashing starlights it carries the passengers from the lobby to the fabulous skyroom atop the hotel and permits an unobstructed view of beautiful San Diego. Card number P15914.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-310
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-310#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-310/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights: