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McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 261

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 261
Description
No caption, c. 1920. Scene showing the La Plaza Building in Atascadero. Opened in 1917 and designed by John J. Roth, the building contained shops, a post office, and a movie theater on the lower floors, while the rooms of the Atascadero Inn occupied the top floor. The building was converted entirely to the Atascadero Inn in the 1920s, but was subsequently destroyed by fire in 1934.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Atascadero, California
Date
1920
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb04-261
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of a photograph within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Mercantile/La Plaza Building, also known as the Atascadero Inn
Type
Still Image