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Title: Beach south of Venice pier
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
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: Photograph dated 1934 and used for an article dated May 21, 1940; the caption reads, "Southern California's famous golden beaches, among its greatest assets, are being eaten away at a cost of millions of dollars, the shoreline Planning Association is warning today. This photo shows the beach of Venice pier as it looked six years ago. Sands were almost 100 yards wide and theere was ample space for thousands of bathers. Venice's beaches sometimes were 600 feet wide."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00057277
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 372
CARL0000062169
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22495
Subject: Beaches--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Piers--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Beachgoers--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Umbrellas--California--Los Angeles
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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