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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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Description
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.
Asset Metadata
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
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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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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