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Title: Santa Monica, Cal
Creator: C.J.D. Photo
Date Created and/or Issued: 1885
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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 the beach side view of the Arcadia Hotel and Arcadia Bath House with people lying on the sand and holding umbrellas in Santa Monica, California. Visible signs include "Billiard Parlor" and "Arcadia Bath House" and a water tank and windmill are visible.
"Santa Monica, Cal." and "C.J.D. Photo"--text, on item. Title transcribed from item. Date supplied by cataloger based on approximated year provided by Ernest Marquez with reproduced image in Santa Monica Beach: a collector's pictorial history (Angel City Press, 2004), page 21. The hotel, which opened in 1887, was built next to a steep cliff and shows only 3 stories on the Ocean Avenue side (seen in related items) and 5 stories on the beach side.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 11.5 x 19.4 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/19489
Subject: Arcadia Hotel (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Bathhouses
Beaches
Beachgoers
Hotels
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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