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Title: [Huntington Beach, Tent City] (2 views)
Contributor: SoCa Digitization Project. C
Date Created and/or Issued: [ca. 1906]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: PHOTO: ORANGE CO.: HUNTINGTON BEACH: TENT CITY
Two elevated views of Tent City, Huntington Beach; used for Methodist Association conventions, Grand Army of the Republic conventions, Young Women's Christian Temperance Union rest cottages from 1905-1920, and as temporary housing for land buyers after 1920. Shows tent-lined streets, horse-drawn carriages, men and women congregating at corner intersection; sign "Quartermaster Adjutant" adjacent to flag and [registration?] table. Residential houses and utility poles in background. Huntington Beach; ca. 1910.
View 1 (2005-0330) tent city intersection with flag and [registration?] table -- View 2 (2005-0331) horse-drawn carriages at intersection of tent-lined streets.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 2 photographic prints ; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001386615CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-9894
Language: English
Subject: Tent City (Huntington Beach, Calif.)--Photographs
Tents--California--Huntington Beach
Carriages & coaches--California--Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Aerial views
Place: California
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach (Calif.)

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