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Image of people, including children, swimming in the North Beach Bath House salt water plunge in Santa Monica, California. A sign that reads "deep water" hangs at the center of image above the indoor pool. Advertisement on verso has images of a woman in a swimsuit with seashells in front of a beach backdrop and a studio portrait of two girls with pigtails. "9. North Beach Bath House plunge, Santa Monica, Cal. H.F. Rile Photo"--text, on item. "Plunge at Santa Monica, Cal. July 1901."--text, handwritten in ink on verso. Pacific Photo gallery advertisement on verso: "Pacific Photograph Gallery. At the Arcadia Pavilion ... H.F. Rile, Artist, Santa Monica, California." Title transcribed from item; date transcribed from note on verso. Image reproduced in Ernest Marquez publication Santa Monica Beach (Angel City Press, 2004), p. 118.