Description: Long Beach, CALIFORNIA - Hotel Virginia - 1920: Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2012, its population was 467,892. In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city within Greater Los Angeles Area, after Los Angeles, and a principal city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area. The city is a dominant maritime center of the United States. The Port of Long Beach is the United States' second busiest container port and one of the world's largest shipping ports. The city also maintains a large oil industry with the substance being found both underground and offshore. Manufacturing sectors include those in aircraft, car parts, electronic and audiovisual equipment, and home furnishings. It is also home to headquarters for corporations including Epson America, Molina Healthcare, and SCAN Health Plan. Downtown Long Beach is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Downtown Los Angeles, though the two cities border each other for several miles on Long Beach's southwestern portion. Long Beach borders Orange County on its southeast edge. This Divided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1920, is of the Virginia Hotel, on the south side of Ocean Boulevard at Magnolia. It was opened on April 1, 1908, and was the social center of the area for many years. Originally named the Bixby Hotel, it was renamed the Virginia Hotel after a construction accident in 1906 resulted in fatalities. The hotel did not survive the stock market crash of 1929 and closed on October 10, 1932. The building was demolished after the March 10, 1933 earthquake. The architects were John C. Austin and Frederick G. Brown. The landscape architect was Belle S. Angier. The postcard is in good condition.. Published by M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal. No. 259.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Advertising, Architecture, Hotel & Restaurant, Cities & Towns
Region: California
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Divided Back
Year Manufactured: 1920
Subject: Hotel Virginia
Postage Condition: Posted
City/Region: Long Beach
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Long Beach
Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1929
Los Angeles County: Southern California
Hotel: Virginia
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Jihn C. Austin: Architect
Frederick G. Brown: Architect
Brand/Publisher: M. Kashower Co.
Era: Pre-War (Pre-1914)
Original Name: Bixby Hotel
Demolished: Earthquake 1933
