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Raymond Hotel engulfed in flames, Pasadena

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Order Number	00036195
Title	Raymond Hotel engulfed in flames, Pasadena
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	S-006-284 4x5; Pasadena-Hotels-Raymond Hotel
Date	Circa 1895
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	View of the Raymond Hotel engulfed in flames, in Pasadena. The hotel was a wood framed Victorian with a shingled roof and 80 chimneys. On Easter Sunday, 1895, a spark from a chimney set the roof on fire and the hotel and all its contents burned to the ground in 40 minutes. At the time there were 165 guests staying at the hotel, but since most were at church no one was hurt.
Subject	Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.). Hotels--California--Pasadena. Fires--California--Pasadena. Pasadena (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection