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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West and Frances West standing on the beach on posing in front of the south side of the Venice amusement pier. The girls stand at center. Both look to camera as they hold clumps of kelp in their hands. Kelp lies on damp sand. The shore stretches behind them on an upward angle from left to right. In the distance at right, the pier stretches across the image and into the ocean from right to left. Text from negative sleeve: 1328. Venice, Calif. About 1910. Mildred Ave cottages. 1. L to R: Elizabeth West. [hand drawn: right facing arrow pointing above Elizabeth West's name] France West. Irene Schmitz. Chester Schmitz. Al Schmitz told me he thought the stout bathing girl in the surf was his sister Lottie Schmitz. 2. L to R: Elizabeth West. Frances West with kelp. Venice pier in rear. [handwritten:] 3 [end handwritten] films. [handwritten:] Santa Monica bluffs { Small film L-R Elizabeth West Chester Schmitz Frances West Irene Schmitz 1910
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1328_001 ark:/21198/zz002ht002
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beaches--California--Venice Amusement piers--California--Venice Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
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