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Title
View of the Santa Monica Pier showing the parking lot in the foreground, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
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 Santa Monica Pier showing the parking lot in the foreground, 1934. The parking lot is at center and is packed with a variety of early automobiles. In the middle ground is the wide, sandy beach. Hundreds of beachgoers can be seen under umbrellas and in the water. In the background at left, the pier can be seen. There are several structures on the pier, including a large building with several towers. A utility pole can be seen in the foreground at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6662
USC-2-1-1-6777 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33213
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6662
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33213.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Amusement Parks
Piers
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--General--Beach scenes
Time Period
1934
Place
California
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
USA
Source
33213 [Accession number]
CHS-33213 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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