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Title
Los Angeles County Beach, Santa Monica, California
Date Created and/or Issued
1930s
Contributing Institution
Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection
Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables
Rights Information
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Description
This postcard depicts the beaches at the mouth of Santa Monica Canyon in northern Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades. The beaches--and beach parking--are packed. The tracks of the Pacific Electric Railway are visible and the Lighthouse cafe is in the background. Although the postcard is postmarked 1952, the image dates from the 1930s. Written on Back: "Dear Elsie - The paper arrived the other day. Thank you very much - You must have had a lot of excitement. Love Nellie" Address to: "Mrs. E. R. Elliot, 2185 W Hillsboro, Tampa 3, Florida".
Type
Image
Identifier
http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll18/id/230
Subject
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Malibu Historical Collection
Source
Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Ephemera 0129: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w95gpb
Relation
Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables

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