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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Woman and a child stand in the surf. She holds her dress at her knees and wears a hat. There is a pier at the right with people standing on it. The beach is in the foreground. 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_008 ark:/21198/zz002hsq5b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Oceans Santa Monica State Beach Park (Santa Monica, Calif.) Beaches--California--Santa Monica
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