Looking north from point opposite Hermosa Biltmore (formerly Surf and Sand Club), Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, 1940

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Title	Looking north from point opposite Hermosa Biltmore (formerly Surf and Sand Club), Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, 1940
Description	Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking north from point opposite Hermosa Biltmore (formerly Surf and Sand Club), Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County. Heavy rain. Note heavy erosion of beach. Sand cut down 6 feet or more. Dead seal washed ashore in rain. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: a few houses, ocean. No legible signs.; Original title read, "Looking south from point opposite Hermosa Biltmore (formerly Surf and Sand Club), Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, 1940"
Subject (lcsh)	Beaches -- California Buildings Pacific Ocean
Geographic subject (roadway)	California State Route 163
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Hermosa Beach
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Coverage date	1940-01-10
Creator	Automobile Club of Southern California
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1940-01-10
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	photoprint : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs photographic prints
Call number	Engineering Notebook. California State Highways. Book X. 40-18
Identifying number	unidentified no: 3-6
Legacy record ID	acsc-m419
Part of subcollection	Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941
Part of collection	Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Rights	Automobile Club of Southern California
Access conditions	Contact Automobile Club at https://www.aaa-calif.com/websupport/webmaster.aspx and select Other Issues. Ask for your query to be forwarded to the archives staff.
Repository name	Automobile Club of Southern California
Repository address	2601 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Filename	AAA-EN-40-18
Archival file	acsc_Volume4/AAA-EN-40-18.tiff

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