View of the Santa Monica Ballroom and pier as seen from the shore, ca.1926

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Photograph of a view of the Santa Monica Ballroom and pier as seen from the shore, ca.1926. Heavy surf is visible in the foreground crashing against the shore and the pilings of the pier in the distance. At the end of the pier, at center, the large arabesque ballroom building is visible. Minarets top each of the towers visible positioned at the corners of the building, while the tops of the exterior walls appear to be molded into decorative curves. Slightly to the right of this, a tower from which miniature boats hang appears to be an amusement ride. Scaffolding can be seen to the far right.

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Title View of the Santa Monica Ballroom and pier as seen from the shore, ca.1926

Subject Beaches (lcsh), piers (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1926

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18945