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Title
View of a Venice beach in winter, showing sunbathers, 1947
Creator
Curtis, Luther
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
Date Created and/or Issued
1947-02-23
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 a Venice beach in winter, showing sunbathers, 1947. Sunbathers sparsely cover the sand that fills the foreground of the image and recedes into the center background. A lifeguard's stand sits to the left of center, while the ocean is at the far left of the image. A strip of buildings lines the sand at the right edge
a small stand bearing the sign "Neta" is the closest, positioned in the centerground, while behind it sits a taller building.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5008
USC-0-1-1-5110 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31018
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5008
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31018.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Los Angeles County--Santa Monica--Beach scenes--General
Time Period
1947-02-23
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
1-56- [Microfiche number]
31018 [Accession number]
CHS-31018 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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