Alfredo Ramos Martinez working on a painting, Hotel Playa de Ensenada, Ensenada, 1931

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Artist Alfredo Ramos Martinez, in cardigan with palette and brushes, working on a large painting of a woman with fan and shawl among flowers and vines, Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bartlett 2113-2121 Ensenada, Baja Calif. Playa de Ensenada 1931, From the Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project web site: "in 1929, the boxer Jack Dempsey commissioned him to paint murals, create a series of paintings and decorate a chapel at the Hotel-Casino Playa Ensenada (Ensenada, Baja California).", The Hotel Playa Ensenada opened on October 31, 1930. Later known as the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico, it was an elegant gambling casino developed by the North American Compañía Mexicana del Rosarito. The architect was Gordon E. Mayer. The hotel was closed and partly demolished in 1964. Partly rebuilt in 1978, the hotel was reopened as the Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural de Ensenada, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Handwritten at edge of negative: 2115