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Title
Surf and sand competition, view 1
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1929
Publication Information
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Couples compete in a contest that involves running down the beach in full arctic clothing and snowshoes, and then uncovering to bathing suits and paddling canoes to a larger boat. In view 1, the couple is seen running toward their canoe with arms full of the arctic clothing they have shed. They must now put all of their belongings into this canoe, get in, and paddle to a larger boat that is waiting out at sea.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00070386
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-003-029.1 4x5
CARL0000074163
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/113505
Subject
Snowshoes and snowshoeing--California--Long Beach
Cold weather clothing--California--Long Beach
Canoes and canoeing--California--Long Beach
Bathing suits--California--Long Beach
Contests--California--Long Beach
Beaches--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)

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