View of the Ocean Park beach and the Santa Monica Pier looking south from Palisades Park in Santa Monica, [s.d.]

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Title View of the Ocean Park beach and the Santa Monica Pier looking south from Palisades Park in Santa Monica, [s.d.]

Description Photograph of a view of the Ocean Park beach and the Santa Monica Pier looking south from Palisades Park in Santa Monica, [s.d.]. The Pacific Coast Highway runs from the foreground at right into the distance at left and is lined with early-model automobiles. The right side of the road also has several beach houses and a large, two-story bath house. The beach is visible beyond the buildings at right and is full of bathers and other beach-goers. The pier is in the background and stretches across the entire image. At left are several amusement park structures, including a roller coaster and a bowling and billiards hall.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Stop Here", "Bowling and Billiards", and "Bath House".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Amusement parks (lcsh), Beaches (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- General -- Beach scenes (file heading), piers (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Palisades Park (manmade features), Santa Monica (city or populated place), Santa Monnica Pier (manmade features), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (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)

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-m20080

Identifier 14068 (accession number), CHS-14068 (call number), CHS-14068 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19897 (legacy record id), chs-m20080 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6777 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19897

Unique identifier UC121952

Legacy Identifier CHS-14068.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.6 in × 9.9 in at 300dpi
34.7 cm × 25.2 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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