Image of passengers riding the Thompson Gravity Switchback Railroad at the Arcadia Hotel near the beach in Santa Monica, California, with the Ocean Avenue face of the hotel visible. "E.G. Morrison, Photographer, at Santa Monica, Tent On the Beach, Near Santa Monica Bath House. Keeps on hand a Full Assortment of Views of the Beach and Ocean. Takes Groups on the Beach, also, Photographs and Tintypes in the Tent, at Reasonable Prices. Also takes Views of Residences, Family Groups and Stock. Visitors to the Beach are invited to call and see Specimens. E.G. Morrison."--stamp on verso. Title supplied by cataloger from caption for image in Ernest Marquez publication: Santa Monica Beach: a collector's pictorial history (Angel City Press, 2004), page 22. Date devised by cataloger based on history of area and photographer; the hotel was completed in 1887; the roller coaster operated from 1887 to 1889; and the photographer died in early 1888. An alternate view of the Gravity Switchback Railroad is seen in photCL_555_09_104. Verso has light green mount.
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