Penny Postcard of the Rose Hotel, San Buenaventura circa 1886

dc.contributor.author	United States Post Office	en
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-06T20:33:12Z	en
dc.date.available	2011-05-06T20:33:12Z	en
dc.date.issued	1886	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10139/3596	en
dc.description.abstract	Penny postcards were introduced in the United States in 1873, by Post Master John Creswell. This postcard of the newly-constructed Rose Hotel in San Buenaventura (Ventura) was built by L.J. Rose. L.J. Rose, a wealthy business man from Pasadena, CA had formulated plans to construct gas works, a street railway, and waterworks for Ventura. Rose had also purchased the Ventura Avenue Flouring Mills. The Rose Hotel would later be named, "The De Leon."	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Image digitized by Broome Library, California State University Channel Islands. Original 35mm slide housed at E.P. Foster Library, Ventura, California.	en
dc.subject	Penny Postcards	en
dc.subject	United States Post Office	en
dc.subject	Ventura County, California	en
dc.title	Penny Postcard of the Rose Hotel, San Buenaventura circa 1886	en
dc.type	Image	en

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