Looking north from point 300 feet south of Bicknell Avenue, Santa Monica, showing extent of erosion between Pico Boulevard and the Crystal Pier at the foot of Hollister Avenue, Los Angeles County, 1940
Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking north from point 300 feet south of Bicknell Avenue, Santa Monica, showing extent of erosion between Pico Boulevard and the Crystal Pier at the foot of Hollister Avenue, Los Angeles County. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: buildings, pedestrian, walkway, streetlights, seagull, ocean, fog-enshrouded mountains in background. No legible signs.
Type
image
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photographs photographic prints photoprint : b&w 9 x 14.5 cm.
California State Route 163 Hollister Avenue California Los Angeles Santa Monica
Source
Automobile Club of Southern California [Contributing entity] Engineering Notebook. California State Highways. Book X. 40-2 [Call number] unidentified no: 1-2 [Identifying number]
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