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Title
Group of women, possibly beauty contest participants, on a pier in Venice, ca.1920-1929
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1929
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 group of women, possibly beauty contest participants, on a pier in Venice, ca.1920-1929. Five adult women and two girls in flower-covered bathing suits stand in a line at center. Two of the women are holding poles, while the younger child holds an umbrella. Waterfront buildings can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photographs : photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4970
USC-0-1-1-5070 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36802
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4970
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36802.jpg
Subject
Amusement parks
Beauty contests
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--General--Beach scenes
Piers
Time Period
circa 1920/1929
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
36802 [Accession number]
CHS-36802 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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