Image / Shoreline crowed with beach goers in Santa Monica, Calif., 1947

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Title: Shoreline crowed with beach goers in Santa Monica, Calif., 1947
Date Created and/or Issued: July 5, 1947
1947-07-05
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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: UNPRECEDENTED -- "Close to a million" was the official estimate of beach attendance yesterday. This was the scene at Santa Monica, where air temperature registered a maximum of 76, the water 65 for ideal surf conditions.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b19_46838
ark:/21198/zz0002sjv4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Swimmers--California--Los Angeles County
Sandplay--California--Los Angeles County
Crowds
Beaches--California--Santa Monica
Lifestyle
Bathing beaches
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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