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The Raymond from Grace Hill
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Bird's eye view of valley showing Raymond Hotel to the right
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Wide view of open land and agricultural fields dotted with houses and dirt roads. In the distance, the large Raymond Hotel sits atop a razed hilltop in Pasadena, California (on the border of what is now South Pasadena).
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First Raymond Hotel, South Pasadena
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Exterior view of the multi-story Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, California (in what is now South Pasadena), with a porch that wraps around entire building, in the final stages of construction. An individual in a hat, sits at the top of a stone stairway leading up the hill to the hotel. Grounds are not yet landscaped.
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Raymond Hotel photographs
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Four card photographs depicting exterior of the Raymond Hotel and the surrounding landscape in Pasadena, California (and what is now South Pasadena) during the final stages of construction in 1885 and 1886. Three of the photographs are cabinet cards and photPF 596 is a stereograph. Photographer imprints are E.S. Frost & Son (photPF 593-594) and J.T. Tuttle & Co. (photPF 595). Stereographs 597, 598 and 599 have been moved to Stereo file: photST.
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Raymond Hotel, South Pasadena
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Exterior view of the multi-story Raymond Hotel, with a porch that wraps around the entire building, in Pasadena, California (in what is now South Pasadena), in the final stages of construction. Men, presumably construction workers, stand on suspended platforms outside the upper level windows. A horse-drawn carriage and a few people are scattered out in front, which at this point is not landscaped.
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Raymond Hotel photographs
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Two card photographs by Jarvis depicting exterior of the Raymond Hotel and the surrounding landscape in Pasadena, California (and what is now South Pasadena) (photPF 797), and a group portrait of hotel staff standing on the front porch, including the manager Colonel Wentworth (photPF 798).
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Stanton house, Grace Hill, Pasadena
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Seen from a distance, an extravagant Victorian mansion sitting atop a hill. In the foreground, a road lined with an immense agave plants and landscaping.
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