You can do a google search for the El Cortez, San Diego and find a wealth of information on line.

In addition to hotel rooms an apartment hotel has suites for rent at a monthly or longer rate.

In 1928, El Cortez had 85 apartment suites, available to rent for $100 per month, and 32 hotel rooms for $5 per day.

David Rosen, Boston MA

 In the United States Census, 1940

·  ·  California

·  San Diego

·  San Diego Judicial Townsh..., Councilmanic District 6

 

The first line (as best as I can read it) says:

The following persons enumerated in the El Cortez Hotel block #3558.

 

My possible relatives and the whole page says hotel guest.   What does that mean?

 

I looked at Wikipedia and it says apartment-hotel.   Would that be similar to condominiums today?

 

Thank you,   Trudy Barch,  Florida