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Group of women, possibly beauty contest participants, on a pier in Venice, ca.1920-1929
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Group of women, possibly beauty contest participants, on a pier in Venice, ca.1920-1929

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Photograph of a group of women, possibly beauty contest participants, on a pier in Venice, ca.1920-1929. Five adult women and two girls in flower-covered bathing suits stand in a line at center. Two of the women are holding poles, while the younger child holds an umbrella. Waterfront buildings can be seen in the background. 
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Title Group of women, possibly beauty contest participants, on a pier in Venice, ca.1920-1929 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1920/1929 
Subject Amusement parks  (lcsh), Beauty contests  (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- General -- Beach scenes  (file heading), piers  (adlf) 
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 1920/1929 
Type images
Format 1 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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-m4970 
Identifier 36802 (accession number), CHS-36802 (call number), CHS-36802 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25426 (legacy record id), chs-m4970 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5070 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 25426 
Unique identifier UC128770 
Legacy Identifier CHS-36802.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 14.7 in × 10.9 in at 300dpi
37.4 cm × 27.7 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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