Women subduing a fake dragon on the sand of a Los Angeles area beach, ca.1940

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Photograph of women subduing a fake dragon on the sand of a Los Angeles area beach, ca.1940. Four women wearing bathing suits stand around a darkly colored dragon sculpture that sits atop a mound of sand on the shoreline in the center. Two women stand on the right while two stand on the left as they pull at the dragon. A wave that comes from the ocean is visible in the background.

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Title Women subduing a fake dragon on the sand of a Los Angeles area beach, ca.1940

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh), Dragons (lcsh), Recreation -- Beach scenes (file heading), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1940

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10868

Identifier 42595 (accession number), CHS-36304 (call number), CHS-42595 (call number), CHS-36304 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18013 (legacy record id), chs-m10868 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11018 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18013

Unique identifier UC113450

Legacy Identifier CHS-36304.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.1 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
33.4 cm × 42.1 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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