Image: Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906 (CHS-2803)

Description: Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906 Photograph of Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906. Numerous bathers frolic in the waves and on the beach nearby. Buildings are visible along the coast all the way to a pier visible in the far distance. Legible signs include: "Majestic Rink". Hotel Bixby was later renamed Virginia.; "The death toll of the crash of the Hotel Bixby under construction at Long Beach mounted to 10 today as searchers extricated another body from the tons of debris. No report from the official investigation has been revealed as yet." -- The Express (11 Nov. 1906) Call number: CHS-2803 Filename: CHS-2803 Coverage date: circa 1906 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Long Beach; Long Beach Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 2803 Microfiche number: 1-32-22 Archival file: chs_Volume51/CHS-2803.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): beaches Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1906 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views -- Beach scenes Legacy record ID: chs-m5866; USC-1-1-1-5974 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Subject (lcsh): Beaches; Hotels, taverns, etc. Subject: Bixby Hotel; Virginia Hotel
Title: Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906 (CHS-2803)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/5879
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