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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. People on the beach with the camera obscura in the background. Many of the men wear bathing suits, though some wear suits and hats. There are umbrellas throughout. There are mountains in the distance. People stand on the balcony of the camera obscura. Text from negative sleeve: 1230. Santa Monica, Calif. About 1895. The beach and camera obscura in front of the North Beach bath house. 1. John Duvall in bathing suit, facing camera. The girl on walk with back to camera is May Hasse [sic], who he afterward married. They live on Lincoln Park Ave, Lincoln Heights in 1942 and the papers say John is on the Federal Grand Jury. 2. 3. Two more view [sic] of the beach and Camera Obscura. 4. Interior of the North Beach House plunge. 4 films.
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