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 people on the beach at Manhattan Beach, ca.1940. A group of thirteen people to the right of center wearing bathing suits, mostly men, lay on their stomachs in a circle in the sand. An umbrella stands behind them while two people sit to the right. In the foreground, a young boy stands in the center while another man stands looking at the circle of people. Beachgoers lay all over the sand while children play in the surf in the background. The ocean water is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 18 x 23 cm. photographic prints photographs
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