Golden West Hotel in 1920
Photo by Lee Passmore, 1920
1920 photo of the Golden West Hotel on 4th Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter. The hotel has been in operation since it opened in 1913. It was originally called the Workingman's Hotel and was designed by John Lloyd Wright, son of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. According to legend, Will Rogers definitely stayed there, Wyatt Earp may have stayed there, and Mae West almost stayed there. (Photo by Passmore)