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Title
Surf and sand competition, view 10
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1929
Publication Information
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Couples compete in a contest that involves running down the beach in full arctic clothing and snowshoes, and then uncovering to bathing suits and paddling canoes to a larger boat. View 10 - Two young women, possibly competition partners, sit next to each other on the corner of a canoe; one is holding snowshoes. Their next challenge is to paddle this vessel into the ocean to a waiting boat.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00070395
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-003-029.10 4x5
CARL0000074181
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/113522
Subject
Snowshoes and snowshoeing--California--Long Beach
Canoes and canoeing--California--Long Beach
Bathing suits--California--Long Beach
Contests--California--Long Beach
Beaches--California--Long Beach
Women--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)

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