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Title
Surfers heading into the water near the ruins of the Pacific Ocean Park pier, ca.1960-1979
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1960/1979
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 surfers heading into the water near the ruins of the Pacific Ocean Park pier, ca.1960-1979. The silhouettes of two surfers can be seen in the foreground at left. Behind them, several small waves are breaking on the shore. The ruins of two piers can be seen in the background. A tall metal scaffold is on one of the piers at right, and seagulls are perched on the wooden remains. Several more birds are flying overhead.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5012
USC-0-1-1-5114 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14455
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5012
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14455.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Surfing
Surfers
Amusement parks
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--General--Beach scenes
Pacific Ocean Park
Piers
Time Period
circa 1960/1979
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
14455 [Accession number]
CHS-14455 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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