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Title
View of the Venice Miniature Railroad on Windward Avenue, 1908
Date Created and/or Issued
1908-02-17
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 the Venice Miniature Railroad on Windward Avenue, 1908. At center, a lone boy stands off from the miniature train pictured at left, whose passengers are members of the National Railway Ticket Agents Association. In the background, a building features a sign at left that reads "Hot plunge tub baths. Hot salt, fresh water".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4972
USC-1-1-1-5072 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36801
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4972
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36801.jpg
Subject
Amusement parks
Railroads, Miniature
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--Amusement pier
National Railway Tickets Agents Association
Railroad features
Time Period
1908-02-17
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
36801 [Accession number]
CHS-36801 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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