California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920

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View of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920

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Photograph of a view of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920. The beach is in the foreground at right and is crowded with people resting under umbrellas or playing in the waves. There is a wide sidewalk bordering the beach at left. The left side of the walkway is lined with empty lots in the foreground and buildings in the distance. The pier is in the background at right center and several structures are built on it, including a billiards and bowling hall and a large wooden rollercoaster. Another pier is visible further down the beach at center.

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Title View of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920

Subject Amusement parks (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh), Bowling alleys (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Beach scenes -- Pleasure Pier (file heading), piers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

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 1920

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-m6630

Identifier 14048 (accession number), CHS-14048 (call number), CHS-14048 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6697 (legacy record id), chs-m6630 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6745 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6697

Unique identifier UC120987

Legacy Identifier CHS-14048.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.0 cm × 40.1 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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