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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. People walk on the boardwalk in front of the North Beach Bath House. A girl wearing a bonnet holds hands with a man in a suit. People sit on the beach in the background. A wooden structure has the words, "leopard seal" printed on it. "North Beach Bath House" is printed on the building at the right. There are American flags on the beach and others at the top of the bathhouse. 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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