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Photograph caption dated February 12, 1963 reads, "Youngsters brave surging waves, pounding surf at battered Venice Beach - An 8-foot surf has devoured the 180-foot-wide strand and undermined a parking lot at the beach."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Beaches--California--Venice (Los Angeles) Ocean waves--California--Los Angeles Storm surges--California--Los Angeles Beachgoers--California--Los Angeles Pacific Ocean Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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