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Title
View of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920. The beach is in the foreground at right and is crowded with people resting under umbrellas or playing in the waves. There is a wide sidewalk bordering the beach at left. The left side of the walkway is lined with empty lots in the foreground and buildings in the distance. The pier is in the background at right center and several structures are built on it, including a billiards and bowling hall and a large wooden rollercoaster. Another pier is visible further down the beach at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6630
USC-0-1-1-6745 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14048
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6630
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14048.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Amusement parks
Piers
Bowling alleys
Los Angeles County--Santa Monica--Beach scenes--Pleasure Pier
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
USA
Source
14048 [Accession number]
CHS-14048 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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