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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Arcadia Hotel and Bath House in Santa Monica, ca.1892-1898. The beach is at low tide. To the far right, the ocean can be seen crashing against the shore. Groups of people play or walk in the surf at right. Others sunbathe on the sandy beach. To the far left, a large four-story wooden hotel can be seen. The hotel has a turret on its roof. Along the base of the hotel, a tented pavilion is visible on the beach. Legible signs include: "Arcadia Bath House", "Clam chowder". A wind vane is visible in the extreme background at center.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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