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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California

Description: 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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Date: July 1931
Call number: photCL_555_05_110
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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California

Visual Materials

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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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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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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Swim team at a table at the Club Casa del Mar, Santa Monica, California

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Image of members of the Club Casa del Mar swim team seated around a table in swimsuits and robes on the beach in front of the club in Santa Monica, California.

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Swim team at a table at the Club Casa del Mar, Santa Monica, California

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Image of members of the Club Casa del Mar swim team seated around a table in swimsuits and robes on the beach in front of the club in Santa Monica, California.

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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California

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