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Title
Man operates a steam engine on the beach, Santa Monica, about 1895
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1895
about 1895
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Man operates a steam engine on the beach. He wears a hat and holds his hands up to the engine. Steam comes out of the top. There are stairs above the beach. At the right, Eckert & Hopf's restaurant is visible.
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.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1231_007
ark:/21198/zz002hsq4t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Steam engines
Beaches--California--Santa Monica
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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