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Title: On the Midway, Venice, California
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1908
Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables
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Description: This postcard shows the Plaisance Midway along the north side of Venice Lagoon, part of the design of Abbot Kinney, who created 16 miles of canals to replicated the feeling of Venice, Italy in Southern California. Complete with Venetian style buildings and gondolas (as seen here), Kinney's Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905. This postcard (postmarked January 22, 1910) shows the Midway's attractions, including "The Chicken Farm," "Temple of Mirth," and "Darkness & Dawn." Written on back: "This is Midway, don't it look like you would have a great time here Mama". Addressed to: Mack Yancey in Spokane Washington.
Type: Image
Identifier: http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll18/id/275
Subject: Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Malibu Historical Collection
Source: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Ephemera 0129: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w95gpb
Relation: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables

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