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Title
People watching a swimsuit contest on a beach in Santa Monica
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of people watching a swimsuit contest on a beach in Santa Monica, [s.d.]. A small stage is set up at center and three women in bathing suits can be seen walking near the front of the stage. Many people can be seen sitting on the sand around the stage, many under striped umbrellas. A beach club styled like a castle can be seen in the background at right. A parking lot full of automobiles can be seen in the background at center, and the Santa Monica Athletic Club can be seen in the background at left. The cliffs of Pacific Palisades can be seen in the distance at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20802 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36296
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20802
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36296.jpg
Subject
Bathing suits
Beauty contestants
Automobiles
Buildings
Umbrellas
Beaches
Place
California
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
USA
Source
36296 [Accession number]
CHS-36296 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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