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Atkinson (Margurite) Collection of Hurley Bell and Santa Ana Army
Airfield Materials.
2017_10
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Title: Atkinson (Margurite) Collection of Hurley Bell and Santa Ana
Army Airfield Materials.
Dates: ca. 1940 - ca. 1950
Collection Number: 2017_10
Creator/Collector:
Atkinson, Margurite
Atkinson, Thomas P.
Extent: 10 linear inches; 2 archives boxes.
Repository:
Sherman Library & Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: This collection documents the history of the Hurley Bell
Restaurant, which was later renamed Five Crowns in Corona del Mar, California and
includes materials from Atkinson's husband, who was an officer a the Santa Ana
Army Air Field.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The Sherman
Library do not hold the copyright.
Atkinson (Margurite) Collection of Hurley Bell and Santa Ana Army Airfield
Materials.. Sherman Library and Gardens
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection documents the history of the Hurley Bell Restaurant, which was later
renamed Five Crowns, located in Corona del Mar, CA. The building, which was modeled
after Ye Old Bell guesthouse in Hurley, England, was constructed by Matilda
MacCullock in 1936. In 1943, MacCullock leased the building to Margurite Atkinson,
whose husband, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas P. Atkinson was Executive of the 414th
Headquarters and Air Base Squadron at the Santa Ana Army Air Field.
The collection contains advertisements, photographs, menus and photocopied articles
about the Hurley Bell and Five Crowns. The collection also contains materials
relating to the Santa Ana Army Air Base, including a photographs and a class book
from the Santa Ana Army Air Base, and family photographs.
Santa Ana Army Air Field
Corona del Mar - Orange County - California