California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of a crowded beach near Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, ca.1930

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Birdseye view of a crowded beach near Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, ca.1930

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Photograph of a birdseye view of a crowded beach near Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, ca.1930. The highway runs from the foreground at center to the background at left and is a two-lane paved road. Automobiles can be seen driving on the road, parked on the shoulder at left, and parked in lots at right. The wide, sandy beach can be seen at right and is crowded with beachgoers and umbrellas. Several small shops and buildings can be seen in the foreground at left, next to a railroad track that parallels the highway. More buildings are visible in the background at center.; Legible signs include, from left: "Sandwiches", "Fireworks", "Soda", "Ballantynes", "Volkman's Barbecue", "Bath House", "Rite Spot Barbecue", and "State Beach Dedication Here July 8".

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Title Birdseye view of a crowded beach near Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, ca.1930

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1930

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bathhouses (lcsh), Beaches--California (lcsh), Pacific Ocean (lcsh), piers (lcsh), Restaurants (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19897

Identifier 36066 (accession number), CHS-36066 (call number), CHS-36066 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19719 (legacy record id), chs-m19897 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19719

Unique identifier UC122373

Legacy Identifier CHS-36066.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 33.6 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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