World War I-era amusement park in Venice, showing a sign that says "Swat the Kaiser", 1910-1919

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Photograph of a World War I-era amusement park in Venice, showing a sign that says "Swat the Kaiser", 1910-1919. A large crowd of people can be seen at center on a wide wooden walkway. At left, the "Swat the Kaiser" can be seen over a large opening in a building. In the background at left, a Ferris Wheel and another large amusement ride can be seen. At right, a large rock is visible.

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Title World War I-era amusement park in Venice, showing a sign that says "Swat the Kaiser", 1910-1919

Subject Amusement parks (adlf), Amusement parks (lcsh), Amusement rides (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- Amusement pier (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1910/1919

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)

Date Created 1910/1919

Contributor Meyerson, Rosalind (Kemp) (donor)

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4978

Identifier 33195 (accession number), CHS-33195 (call number), CHS-33195 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25434 (legacy record id), chs-m4978 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5080 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25434

Unique identifier UC128283

Legacy Identifier CHS-33195.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 40.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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