I got these scans from Luis Alvarez of the Agua Caliente Hotel-Casino resort, Tijuana, Mexico (1928-35) panoramic postcards.
They are of the Hotel courtyard, a view from the Casino entrance, and the of the Pool-Spa. It's a shame that this magnificent and prosperous place went down the drain (practically vanished) after a new President of Mexico outlawed gambling!
I put them on my web pages of the resort:
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/AguaaaaaaaTest.htm
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/AguaCalienteChips.htm
Inner courtyard of the Hotel quadrangle:
View of the Spa and Hotel from the Casino entrance:
Pool/Spa:
Map of the place:
BRIEF HISTORY OF AGUA CALIENTE: "From 1919 to 1933, alcohol, casinos, pros titution and horse race betting were all forbidden or tightly restricted in California, and all were easily available in Tijuana, Mexico. Agua Caliente, Tijuana, was opened in 1928. It lay only six miles South of the Border, less than 20 miles from San Diego, accessible by train, a one hour plane ride from Los Angeles. It covered 655 acres and cost about $10 million at the time. It became the most lavish and popular resort in the Western Hemisphere, a vacation destination for the Hollywood elite, other celebrities and ordinary Americans. All this came to an end with the legalization of casino gambling in Nevada in 1931; the repeal in 1933 of Prohibition's 18th Amendment in the U.S.; the relaxing of gambling at California racetracks and the building of the lavish Santa Anita racetrack in 1934; and, finally, the criminalization of gambling in Mexico in 1935."
Robert
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