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Title
Two women standing on the torso of Henry Steinborn in front of Club Casa del Mar
Date Created and/or Issued
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of two young women in swimsuits and stockings standing on the torso of German weightlifter Henry Steinborn on the beach in front of the Club Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California.
Title devised by cataloger; date devised by cataloger based on article about Steinborn visiting Santa Monica ("German Strong Man To Give Exhibition Of Muscular Effort," Santa Monica Outlook, January 26, 1926). This image is reproduced in Santa Monica Beach by Ernest Marquez (Angel City Press, 2004), page 6.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : glass negative ; plate 10.2 x 12.7 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
487636
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16946
Subject
Beaches
Private clubs
Weight lifters
Club Casa del Mar (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Steinborn, Henry
Photographs. (aat)
Glass plate negatives. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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