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Title
Surf and sand competition, view 13
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1929
Publication Information
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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
Couples compete in a contest that involves running down the beach in full arctic clothing and snowshoes, and then uncovering to bathing suits and paddling canoes to a larger boat. View 13 - A female contestant that has shed her arctic attire sits next to a canoe she must help paddle, her partner can be seen wearing his fur-lined coat as he stands on the opposite side of the canoe, putting his snowshoes inside. Their next challenge is to paddle this vessel into the ocean to a waiting boat.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00070397
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-003-029.13 4x5
CARL0000074184
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/113525
Subject
Snowshoes and snowshoeing--California--Long Beach
Cold weather clothing--California--Long Beach
Canoes and canoeing--California--Long Beach
Bathing suits--California--Long Beach
Contests--California--Long Beach
Beaches--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)

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