Dr. Welwood Murray, Palm Springs, ca.1901
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- Source:
- University of Southern California
- Collection:
- California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
- Date:
- circa 1901
- Description:
- Photograph of Dr. Welwood (Elwood?) Murray, a pioneer of Palm Springs, ca.1901 presents an elderly Dr. Murray walking through a dilapidated wooden gate in Palm Springs. He wears a cardigan and Scottish beanie and stands between two thick tree trunks. "Dr. Welwood Murray, who came to Palm Springs in 1886, was so impressed with the curative powers of the sun there and the unusually dry climate that he established a sanitarium. Later he began to take in a few 'boarders,' in addition to those who came seeking health, and the sanitarium became, in a sense, a hotel, though it was not until 1909 that the first real hotel was established by Mrs. Nellie N. Coffman." -- Newspaper clipping.
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- License:
- Public Domain Mark
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