Vew of the "Bathing Strand" in Long Beach showing people playing on the sand, 1909

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Photograph of a view of the "Bathing Strand" in Long Beach showing people playing on the sand, 1909. The ocean is at right and several small waves are breaking on the shore. The narrow beach runs from the foreground at left into the distance at right and is crowded with bathers of all ages. At left, a large building with two rectangular towers is visible. Many more buildings can be seen along the beach in the background.

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Title Vew of the "Bathing Strand" in Long Beach showing people playing on the sand, 1909

Subject Beaches (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views -- Beach scenes (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1909

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1909

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-m4819

Identifier 35005 (accession number), CHS-35005 (call number), CHS-35005 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25277 (legacy record id), chs-m4819 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25277

Unique identifier UC128499

Legacy Identifier CHS-35005.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.8 in × 15.2 in at 300dpi
60.4 cm × 38.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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