US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
A very full crowd packs the Venice Beach Boardwalk to observe the bathing beauty contest. In the left foreground a photographer stands on a ladder, a bit unfocused. To the right are boardwalk shops, with their windows all open and spectators watching through open windows. In the left back of the image are billboards and shop signs for Christopher's Ice Cream, Venice Photo Studio, an Orange Ade purveyor, and a restaurant. Reported in "Thousands See Beach Beauties: Record Crowd at Venice for Parade of Pulchritude, Naming of Representative Deferred to July 14, Prizes Awarded Winners in Several Divisions," Los Angeles Times, 28 Jun. 1926: A1. Text from negative sleeve: Beauty contests. Venice. Bathing beauties. 1926
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3693_G349 ark:/21198/z10g9bzt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beauty contests--California--Los Angeles Boardwalks--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles
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