Beach-goers at Venice Beach, 1924

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Photograph of beach-goers at Venice Beach, 1924. At right, a long swath of beach umbrellas lines the shore, buildings visible behind them. Farther left, people in bathing costumes head to the water's edge, following two lines of long rope that leads from the beach into the water.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Fenmar Apts", "Eastman", "Peerless", "Young Music Company", "Surf Bathing. Bath House", "Mercer Hotel", "Sea Foam Sweet Shop", "Arrowhead", "Ocean Front Hotel", "Williams Reality Company", "Joy Float", "Orange Juice", "Taffy" and "Umbrellas For Rent".

Asset Metadata

Title Beach-goers at Venice Beach, 1924

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh)

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 1924

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1924

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-m22619

Identifier 49172 (accession number), CHS-49172 (call number), CHS-49172 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21712 (legacy record id), chs-m22619 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21712

Unique identifier UC124718

Legacy Identifier CHS-49172.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.4 in × 19.1 in at 300dpi
56.9 cm × 48.6 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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