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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. People on the beach with a pier in the background. There are children playing in the surf. A woman stands on the sand wearing a hat. Her back is to the camera and she has gathered her dress at her knees. A boy sits in the sand at her right. There is a wooden pier with tall stakes in the sand at the right. Text from negative sleeve: 1231. Santa Monica, California about 1895. 1. 2. 3. 4. Four view of the old North Beach Bath House. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Six views of the old Santa Monica pier, and beach in the vicinity. 11. 12. Two views of the children's play ground and teeter board. 13. A steam engine on the beach but what it is doing I do not recall. Note the sign "Eckert & Hoff [sic] Restaurant" on 13. A great resort in those days. Many a fish dinner I ate in there. Also we used to buy our clams for bait there when we went to Port Los Angeles to fish. Also ran a big bar. 13 films.
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