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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m10780
title: View of the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier showing the roller coaster and a sidewalk car, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier showing the roller coaster and a sidewalk car, [s.d.]. The pier is in the background and stretches from the center of the image to the left. The roller coaster is at left and is a large wooden ride with several steep drops. At center is another ride as well as several buildings. There is a beach in the foreground at left, and several people are lounging beneath umbrellas on the sand. A wide sidewalk cuts across the image at center. In addition to several pedestrians, a small sidewalk car is being driven down the middle of the walkway. An early-model automobile is parked at right, and a tall building is visible behind it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6591
title: View of Santa Monica looking south from Palisades Park, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a view of Santa Monica looking south from Palisades Park, ca.1910. The top of the palisades are at left and a fence made of twisted wooden branches runs along the top edge. There are several palm trees near the fence. The Pacific Coast Highway is visible in the foreground at right and is lined with an assortment of large buildings. The Santa Monica Pier is visible jutting out into the water at right. There are several structures on the pier, including a roller coaster and a billiards and bowling hall.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20062
title: Windermere Hotel on a bluff in Santa Monica, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Windermere Hotel on a bluff in Santa Monica, [s.d.]. The hotel is at center and is on top of a steep rocky cliff. The hotel is a large, light colored building with two large towers at center. It is surrounded by a variety of trees and bushes, as well a several smaller buildings. At the base of the cliff, a line of utility poles runs parallel to a paved road. The road is densely lined with early-model automobiles. A small "U"-shaped building is in the foreground and a row of small prefabricated buildings adjoins it at left. The edge of the sandy beach is visible in the foreground at left, and several beach-goers are making their way across it. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Santa Monica Garage", "For Sale or Lease", "For Sale or Lease This choice ocean frontage extending to tidewater in heart of new amusement center 10 lots [?] 500 feet [?] Municipal Pier Investment Co. Room 332, Security Building, Los Angeles", "Lunch Room", "Hot Lunches", "Ice Cream", "Casino Bazaar", and "Ice Cream Sandwiches 5¢".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20063
title: View of the beach in Santa Monica from a covered walkway near Pico Street, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of the beach in Santa Monica from a covered walkway near Pico Boulevard, [s.d.]. The walkway is at center and consists of a brick path flanked by a colonnade of cylindrical columns supporting a roof of wooden beams. There are benches on both sides of the path, and a couple is seated on a bench at left, reading. A large grassy area is beyond the colonnade at right, and the ocean is visible further in the distance. In the background at center is a short pier with a very large three story building on it. The words "Café Nat Goodwin" are painted on the side of the building.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15017
title: Funeral pyre of dead Mojave Indian chief, Sistuma, ca.1902

description: Photograph of the funeral pyre of dead Mojave Indian chief, Sistuma, ca.1902. Smoke is beginning to rise from the stack of logs. A group of more than 30 people stand behind the fire. The landscape is flat far into the distance. A small hill is visible in the distant background at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2418
title: Beachgoers in front of the Deauville Club on the beach in Santa Monica, ca.1923

description: Photograph of of a view of beachgoers and the under-construction Deauville Club on the beach in Santa Monica, ca.1923. The large building is at right and is mostly complete except for the wall facing the beach. There is scaffolding around one of the two large towers on the corners of the buildings. The beach in front of the club is crowded with bathers playing in the sand and the surf. Further down the beach at center are other beach clubs, including the Santa Monica Athletic Club. In the background, the cliffs of Palisades Park are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2392
title: Santa Monica beach and the Pacific Bath House south of Castle Del Mar Beach Club, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Santa Monica beach and the Pacific Bath House south of Castle Del Mar Beach Club, [s.d.].  The sandy beach stretches across the middle of the image and is crowded with hundreds of people. The Pacific Bath house is at center. It is a light-colored, two-story building with rows of rectangular windows around its perimeter. Several large beach clubs are in the distance at left, and two small eateries are at right. There is a crowded parking lot full of early-model automobiles behind the bath house. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Pacific Bath House", "Fish Dinners", "Coca Cola Sold Here", "Frost", "Christopher's Ice Cream", "[?]'s Place", "Sea Food", "Creates Golden Tan", and "Prevent".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6597
title: Dirt road leading to the top of the cliffs at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, ca.1910

description: Photograph of the dirt road leading to the top of the cliffs at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, ca.1910. The dirt road is at center and heads away from the viewer along the edge of the cliff at left and down to the Pacific Coast Highway at right. A wooden fence made from tree branches serves as a guard rail along the edge of the road. The road is bordered by a grove of palm trees at left. An early model automobile is making its way down the road at center. The ocean is in the distance at right, and two small piers are visible as they jut out into the gently breaking surf.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2403
title: View of the beach south of Casa Del Mar Beach Club in Santa Monica looking north to the pier, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a view of the beach south of Casa Del Mar Beach Club in Santa Monica, looking north to the pier, ca.1920. There is a grassy park at right, and the right side of the park is bordered by a covered walkway. A broad sidewalk divides the park from the sandy beach at left, and a small sidewalk car is transporting passengers along the walkway. The beach is occupied by many people, several of whom are resting beneath umbrellas. The large Casa Del Mar Beach Club is at right. It is a massive rectangular building with at least five stories and a terra cotta tile roof. The pier is in the background at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6636
title: Beach in front of the Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, ca.1925

description: Photograph of the beach in front of the Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, ca.1925. The beach is in the foreground 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 an assortment of buildings. The pier is in the background at right and several structures are built on it, including a billiards and bowling hall and a large wooden rollercoaster. Another pier (the Venice Ocean Park Pier) is visible further down the beach at center.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "For Sale or Lease this choice ocean frontage [...] 10 Lots [...] 500 Feet [...] Municipal Pier Investment Co.", "Palace Bathing Car Co.", "Pop Corn", "Parking", and "Bowling and Billiards".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6594
title: Rocky bluffs of Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915

description: Photograph of the rocky bluffs of Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915. The steep cliffs run across the entire image from left to right. At the top, a wooden fence runs along the edge of the cliffs and a open wooden structure is behind the fence at left. The top is also lined with an assortment of plants. The face of the bluffs is bare rock, and the bottom is overgrown with bushes. There is a line of utility poles running parallel to a small road in the foreground. A small wooden fence borders the road at center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2387
title: Santa Monica beach in front of the Seaside Terrace Apartments, ca.1910

description: Photograph of the Santa Monica beach in front of the Seaside Terrace Apartments, ca.1910. The beach is a wide, sandy swath of land that stretches across the image from left to right. Many people are relaxing on the sand on blankets or under umbrellas, and several people are playing in the waves in the foreground. The seaside apartment building is a half-timber-looking building with three stories at center. There are wooden balconies on both of the upper stories. Another apartment building is at right, and several more buildings are in the background. There is a parking lot full of early-model automobiles in the background at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6641
title: Birdseye view of the beach in Santa Monica looking south, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the beach in Santa Monica looking south, ca.1915. The beach is a wide, sandy tract of land that extends from the foreground away from the viewer into the distance at center. There are a few people playing in the surf and many people resting beneath umbrellas or tents on the sand. The left side of the beach is bordered by a cement sidewalk, and a large number of pedestrians is walking along the path. At left, a series of two-story beach houses lines the sidewalk. Several early-model automobiles are parked in driveways and alleys near the sidewalk at left. There is a short pier jutting out into the water in the background at center and a large building is constructed near the right side of the pier.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6630
title: View of the Santa Monica beach looking south toward the pier, ca.1920

description: 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.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15018
title: General view of the arches and bell tower of Mission San Juan Bautista, from the front, 1927

description: Photograph of a general view of the arches and bell tower of Mission San Juan Bautista, from the front, 1927. Several trees are in front of the row of arches. A person with a bicycle(?) is standing under the tree at left. Utility lines stretch across the top of the image. A water faucet pipe sticks about two feet out of the ground in the scrub grass in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2373
title: Exterior view of the Ocean Park Bath House in Santa Monica, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Ocean Park Bath House in Santa Monica, ca.1920. The bath house is at center and is a large Moorish-style building. At the center of the building is an elaborate entry way consisting of a large domed tower surrounded by four tall spires. Smaller domed towers occupy the corners of the buildings. Awnings project from the bottom story of the building, and rows of round windows occupy the second and third stories. There is a sandy beach in the foreground and many people are on it, most under the shade of large umbrellas. A man watches the scene below from a stone bridge in the foreground at left.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Novelty Shop Father's Supplies Ice Cream", "Pineapple Snow", "Bath House", "Laundry", "California", "Learn to Swim Ocean Park School of Swimming and Diving", "Do you Swim? George Watkins guarantees to teach you or money refunded", "Hot Dogs", "Imperial Ice Cream", "Bathers Welcome", "Lunch Room", "Soft", "Soda Fountain", "Red Hots Pop Corn Soda", "Snow Lollypops", and "Oriental Art [?] At Public".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3479
title: Eucalyptus trees in Santa Monica Canyon, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of eucalyptus trees in Santa Monica Canyon, [s.d.]. There is a stand of many densely packed eucalyptus trees in the foreground at right. They all have thin, light colored trunks with leafy branches near the top. The ground beyond the trees slopes upward and is covered with a variety of small bushes and grasses. A trail of mulch and wood chips leads into the brush in the foreground at center and can be seen winding its way through the bushes in the distance. In the background, there are more trees in two large groves.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3474
title: Birdseye view of Santa Monica Canyon looking north towards Rustic Canyon, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Santa Monica Canyon looking north towards Rustic Canyon, ca.1915. Mabery Road runs across the image from the foreground at right to the background at left, and Rustic Canyon heads away from the viewer in the background at center. There is a two-story Spanish-style house in the foreground at center. It has a courtyard enclosed by archways and an outbuilding with a flat roof. Santa Monica Canyon is full of trees and other plants, and there are several other buildings scattered throughout. A tall mountain range is in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6590
title: Entrance to the Sunset Trail at Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the entrance to the Sunset Trail at Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1920. The trail is at center and heads down the steep face of the cliffs that give the park its name. The trail is bordered on the left side by a wooden fence made from twisted tree branches. The entrance to the trail is marked by a large wooden sign supported by a wooden framework made of tree trunks. The tops of the cliffs are at right and are covered with an assortment of bushes, and the ocean is visible in the background at left. The Pacific Coast Highway is at the base of the trail in the background at left and is lined with utility poles and beach houses.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4979
title: View of the roller coaster at Venice looking east from the Pacific Electric Station, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a view of the roller coaster at Venice looking east from the Pacific Electric Station, ca.1920. The large wooden roller coaster is at center and is surrounded by several amusement park eateries and shops. Many pedestrians are visible near the shops. The entrance to the ride is at center under a light-colored wooden archway adorned with American flags and flanked by two large wooden towers. A large canal is visible in the background at left, and a Pacific Electric train is in the background at right. There is a street in the foreground at right, and several early-model automobiles are parked along the edge.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Race Thru the Clouds Soda Fountain", "Hughes Ice Cream", "The Race Thru the Clouds", "The New Race", "Its entirely different from the old one", "All new sensational dips", "Some Thriller", "Town Kisses", and "Song Shop".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3473
title: Tree-lined road and sidewalk in Rustic Canyon, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a tree-lined road and sidewalk in Rustic Canyon, ca.1925. The narrow dirt road curves from the foreground at center to the background at right. It is bordered by a cement sidewalk at left and a cement ditch at right. There are  many twisted trees on both sides of the road and on in the middle. An early-model automobile is making its way down the road in the background at right. There is a dark-colored split rail fence surrounding an open field at left, and an unidentified wooden structure is visible at left as well.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3472
title: Car on a dirt road in Rustic Canyon, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a car on a dirt road in Rustic Canyon, ca.1925. The early-model automobile is at center and is headed towards the viewer. The road on which it is driving is unpaved and bordered at left by a cement sidewalk. There are several large, twisted trees on both sides of the road, while several signs, including one advertising the Canyon Bath House, adorn three trees at left. There is a light-colored split rail fence along the side of the road at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6415
title: View of Santa Monica looking south from the bluffs towards the pier, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of Santa Monica looking south from the bluffs towards the pier, ca.1925. The top of the cliffs of Palisades Park is at left and is densely covered with short palm trees. A low wooden fence runs along the edge of the cliff. The ocean is at right and is bordered by a sandy beach that is full of people. A line of beach houses and other buildings runs parallel the beach and the adjacent Pacific Coast Highway. A pier juts out into the water in the background at right, and several structures are erected on the wharf, including a roller coaster and several buildings. The old Venice amusement park is visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6411
title: Birdseye view of the Santa Monica beach looking north from the cliffs of Palisades Park, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of the Santa Monica beach looking north from the cliffs of Palisades Park, ca.1920. The steep cliffs of Palisades Park are at right. A dirt path runs from the top of the cliffs to the level at which  the photograph was taken. The horizontal surfaces of the cliffs are covered with palm trees and bushes while the vertical surfaces are bare rock. Pacific Coast Highway is visible at the base of the cliffs at left and a beach borders the road at left. A line of early-model automobiles is parked along the edge of the sand, and may people are on the beach and in the waves.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6598
title: Dirt path near a bungalow in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a dirt path near a bungalow in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915. The path is at center and heads away from the viewer before curving around a large bush at center. It is lined with bushes and palm trees, and there is a wooden structure at right. The open structure is made from twisted wooden tree branches and has a straw roof. There is a cubical trash can near the doorway. A person dressed in dark clothes is walking on the path in the distance at center. There is an illegible sign on a post in the bushes at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6600
title: Path and fence near a cactus patch in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a path and a fence near a cactus patch in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915. The sloping path rises from the foreground at left to the center, where it abruptly turns behind a row of hedges. The path is bordered by a wooden fence made from twisted tree branches while a stone retaining wall runs along the incline at left. The cactus is growing on a cliff at right. Behind the cactus are many palm trees while several buildings and utility poles are visible in the distance at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6602
title: Dirt path near a thatch-roofed gazebo in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a dirt path near a thatch-roofed gazebo in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, ca.1915. The small gazebo is at center and is partially hidden from view by tall bushes. It has a straw, pyramidal rood and wooden posts form the walls. There is a dirt path in the foreground at right and a large palm tree shades the walkway. An assortment of bushes is planted in a grassy area to the left of the path. In the distance beyond the gazebo, a single utility pole is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6601
title: View from Palisades Park of the buildings on the Santa Monica Pier, ca.1915

description: Photograph of a view from Palisades Park of the buildings on the Santa Monica Pier, ca.1915. A dirt path with a cement gutter is in the foreground at left. It is lined with an assortment of plants and palm trees. Several buildings are visible on the pier in the distance at center, including  one that resembles a castle and another with a pointed dome roof. A utility pole is at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4561
title: Parade Ground at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Sawtelle, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Parade Ground at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Sawtelle, [s.d.]. A dirt walkway is at center and runs away from the viewer to a large building. Another similar walkway is perpendicular to the first. A person dressed in dark clothing is walking along the path near a large flag pole, flying from which is an American flag. The building at the end of the path is a two-story wooden structure with rectangular doors and windows, as well as a steeply sloped roof. There is an assortment of trees on either side of the path near the flag pole.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2430
title: Exterior view of the hospital of the Veterans Hospital on Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the hospital of the Veterans Hospital on Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood, ca.1930. The six-story, light-colored hospital is at center. It is a complex of several similar looking buildings. Wilshire Boulevard is in the foreground and runs across the image from left to right. The street is lined with short palm trees and empty fields.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2447
title: Aerial view of Santa Monica looking north from the palisades, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Santa Monica looking north from the palisades, ca.1930. The steep, rocky cliffs of Palisades Park stretch from the foreground at right into the distance at center. There are trees along the tops of the bluffs and bushes along the bases. Pacific Coast Highway runs parallel to the cliffs at center and is bordered by an assortment of buildings, including a bath house, at left. There are two piers or breakwaters jutting out into the water, one at left and the other at center. In between is a sandy beach. There are several cars parked along the side of the road in the foreground at left. A tall mountain range is visible through the haze in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6603
title: Aerial view of the Santa Monica coastline looking north from Palisades Park, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an aerial view of the Santa Monica coastline looking north from Palisades Park, ca.1920. Pacific Coast Highway runs from the foreground at left to the distance at right. At right, the steep rocky cliffs of Palisades Park run parallel to the road. There are bushes at the base of the cliffs and an assortment of trees and bushes at the top. There are two paths going up the bluffs at right. To the left of the highway is a line of buildings and beach houses. In the foreground a left is a large sandy section of beach on which several people are playing or bathing. Across the street from this beach, a long line of early-model automobiles is parked.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20079
title: Aerial view of Santa Monica Bay from the mountains, [s.d]

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Santa Monica Bay from the mountains, [s.d.]. The bay is at center and is bordered by a crescent-shaped sandy coastline. A small pier juts out into the water at center. The land around the bay rises quickly into a mountain range, and the elevated land is covered with grass and small trees and bushes. There is at least one road that wraps around the bay, following the contours of the coast.