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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of beach groins, showing the rocky beach in the foreground, 1953. Foamy water spills through the teeth of the groin at center which extends from the beach in the foreground on the right into the waves on the left. Plants are caught in the small, smooth rocks which blanket the sand in the foreground while imperfections spot the lightly-colored sand in the background. Photoprint reads "Old father Pacific pounds against the southern California coast and deposits particles of sand to form new beaches when groins still turbulent waters".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w 18 x 23 cm., 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints negatives (photographic) photographs
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