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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Ora Prickett and Mertie Whitaker (later West) sitting in the sand in front of the North Beach bathhouse in Santa Monica. Ora Prickett wears a derby hat. He rests his hands on his legs that extend outward and turns his head to the right. Mertie wears a boater hat. She rests her hands in her lap as she looks to the camera. Behind them, a ranch-type wooden building extends from the left to the right. It has a railing, three semi-circular, spoked decorative elements on the side of the building, a pitched, corrugated roof and a large dormer at top with seven windows. Text from negative sleeve: 262 Santa Monica, Calif. May 9, 1901. A captive seal near the bath house. Pinkie Lemberger, dtr of John Lemberger on the pier [handwritten:] } 1900? Pinkie Lemberger down on the sand [handwritten:] } 1900? Left to right: Ora Prickett (with derby hat) and Mertie Whitaker. In front of North Beach Bath House. Left to right: H.H.West (with Fedora hat) and Mertie Whitaker in front of North Beach bath house. 5 negatives
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