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Description
Photograph of Santa Monica Beach northwest from the Arcadia Hotel, ca.1890. The ocean is to the left. A range of coastal mountains are visible across the water. There are a dozen or so buildings close to the beach. Some legible signs include: "Hot and cold lunches, Eckert and Hopf Anheuser Busch [...]s lager beer"..., "John Wieland, lager beer, 5¢", "Restaurant Eckert Hopf, dining room", "Pavilion, restaurant John Wieland's 5¢"..., ..."Jo[...]s, [...]ullin, b[...], clothing, [...]8 Spring"....
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 21 cm., 13 x 18 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Beaches Hotels, taverns, etc Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc Los Angeles County--Santa Monica--Beach scenes--General Wieland, John John Wielands Pavilion Restaurant Coastal zones
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California Los Angeles Santa Monica USA
Source
1-54- [Microfiche number] 2835 [Accession number] CHS-2835 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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