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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California

Description: Image of two young women in a robe and swimsuit crouching next to a boulder covered with a sheet to unveil a tablet beginning "California State Beach, Dedicated the 8th day of July 1931, by the honorable James Rolph, Jr., Governor." The photograph was taken before the dedication ceremonies opening the beach-side park in Santa Monica, California, on July 8, 1931.
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Date: July 1931
Call number: photCL_555_05_109
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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California

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Image of two young women in robes crouching next to a boulder covered with a sheet to unveil a tablet beginning "California State Beach, Dedicated the 8th day of July 1931, by the honorable James Rolph, Jr., Governor." The photograph was taken before the dedication ceremonies opening the beach-side park in Santa Monica, California, on July 8, 1931.

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Mrs. Edmund N. Brown at dedication of California State Park, Santa Monica, California

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Image of Madie D. Brown, a California State Park Commissioner, sitting next to a boulder covered with a sheet unveiling a tablet beginning "California State Beach, Dedicated the 8th day of July 1931, by the honorable James Rolph, Jr., Governor." The photograph was taken before the dedication ceremonies opening the beach-side park in Santa Monica, California, on July 8, 1931.

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Mrs. Edmund N. Brown

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Image of Madie D. Brown, a California State Park Commissioner, standing next to a boulder covered with a sheet unveiling a tablet beginning "California State Beach, Dedicated the 8th day of July 1931, by the honorable James Rolph, Jr., Governor." The photograph was taken before the dedication ceremonies opening the beach-side park in Santa Monica, California, on July 8, 1931.

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Henry Steinborn in Santa Monica, California

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Image of German weightlifter Henry Steinborn flexing his muscles in a swimsuit on the beach in Santa Monica, California.

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Henry Steinborn, Santa Monica, California

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Image of German weightlifter Henry Steinborn flexing his muscles in a swimsuit on the beach in Santa Monica, California.

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Jack Donovan showing a Lungmotor to lifeguards in Santa Monica, California

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Image of actor, architect, and Santa Monica lifeguard Jack Donovan with two lifeguards crouching around a Lungmotor oxygen breathing apparatus, next to a Firestone Balloon tire of a Mercedes automobile on the beach in Santa Monica, California.

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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California

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