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Title
A view of Arch Rock in Santa Monica, showing a group of men posing along the rocks nearby, ca.1880
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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 a view of Arch Rock in Santa Monica, showing a group of men posing along the rocks nearby, ca.1880. The men can be seen in the center and left foreground area while either standing or sitting on rocks. In the center background, the natural rock formation can be observed while the shore is visible in the right. In the background, a ridge extends out across the horizon.
An inserted paper label, which is numbered "4- 1731", reads: "Historical Santa Monica- Showing Arch Rock, which once was where the Roosevelt Hwy. is now. Date of photo about 1880. Copied July 18, 1937."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23457 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48212
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23457
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48212.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Men
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades
Santa Monica
USA
natural rock formations: Arch Rock
Source
48212 [Accession number]
CHS-48212 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: AGRI-98 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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