General view of the old Bath House at North Beach, Santa Monica, ca.1887

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Title General view of the old Bath House at North Beach, Santa Monica, ca.1887

Description Photograph of the general view of the old Bath House looking north at North Beach, Santa Monica, ca.1887. The beach is deserted except for a group of 2 or 3 people. A long covered boardwalk runs along the front of the bath house. A tall smokestack sticks up above the bath house. A billboard on one roof at right reads "Our brew". The palisades and mountains appear behind.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1887

Subject Beaches (lcsh), commercial sites (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Beach scenes -- General (file heading)

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

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

Temporal Subject 1887

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 15 x 20 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2377

Identifier 4247 (accession number), CHS-4247 (call number), CHS-4247 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3302 (legacy record id), chs-m2377 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2438 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3302

Unique identifier UC120495

Legacy Identifier CHS-4247.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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