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Title
San Francisco's Ocean Beach prior to the construction of Playland Amusement Park, ca.1900
Creator
Billington, W.C
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of San Francisco's Ocean Beach prior to the construction of Playland Amusement Park, ca.1900. A long dock extends out over the water from the sandy beach on the left. Several people, some on horses, enjoy the beach and water. A dirt road lies on the far left and extends into the hills in the background. Several large buildings stand along the road. Photoprint reads "Ocean Surf near Cliff House".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9691
USC-0-1-1-9830 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43313
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9691
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43313.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Piers
San Francisco County--Playland and Ocean Beach
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
43313 [Accession number]
CHS-43313 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 968-109-1 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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