Image of musicians riding on a horse-drawn wagon with signs advertising a land auction for the Ocean Spray Tract of developer H. L. Jones in Santa Monica, California. Banners on the horses read "Ho! for Santa Monica Grand Excursion and Auction Sale Wed. Aug. 24. Two special trains leave Com. St. Dep. 9 am round trip 5 cents" and "Jones' Ocean Spray tract" on the wagon. This is a photograph of a photograph by "Golsh. Plaza Photograph Gallery" whose imprint can be seen on the mount of on the left edge. It is cut off the edge here, but can be seen in the original negative. Title based on note from Ernest Marquez, "Santa Monica Land Auction" is written on envelope as it was received; date devised by cataloger according to a calendar from 1887 where August 24 is a Wednesday. Jones' Ocean Spray tract refers to a housing tract that developer H.L. Jones subdivided in Ocean Park. Photographer A. C. Golsh is listed in "Biographies of Western Photographers" by Mautz, page 104: Operated the Plaza Photograph Gallery … n Los Angeles, c. 1885”
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