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Wrestling match on beach, Santa Monica Athletic Club
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Boxers in boxing ring on the beach, Santa Monica Athletic Club
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Image of a crowd sitting amid beach umbrellas watching two pugilists boxing in an outdoor boxing ring on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club in Santa Monica, California. The crane and flat-bottom barge at the end of the pier that was used to build the breakwater in 1934 can be seen at upper left.
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Boxers in boxing ring, Santa Monica Athletic Club
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Image of a crowd amid beach umbrellas watching two pugilists boxing in an outdoor boxing ring on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica Pleasure Pier with the La Monica Ballroom and municipal pier are in the background.
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Boxers in boxing ring, Santa Monica Athletic Club
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Image of crowd amid beach umbrellas watching two pugilists boxing in an outdoor boxing ring on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica Pleasure Pier with the La Monica Ballroom and municipal pier are in the background. The crane and flat-bottom barge at the end of the pier that was used to build the breakwater in 1934 can be seen at upper right.
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Santa Monica Athletic Club and Deauville Club
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This collection contains photographs of the members and grounds of the Southern California beach and golf clubs that formed part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The clubs represented are the Santa Monica Athletic Club and Deauville Club (Items 1-16 and 74-83, 65-98); the Hermosa Beach Surf and Sand Club (Items 17-55, and 84); the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades (Items 56-65); and the Long Beach Pacific Coast Club (Items 66-73). The photographs, presumably created as promotional images, include images depicting clubhouse buildings and rooms, as well as members engaged in leisure activities such as sunbathing, swimming, beach volleyball, and golf. Nearly half of the photographs are close-up shots of beach-goers, often young women posing in swimsuits. One set of images depicts women in bathing suits posing for a 1932 Santa Monica Athletic Club fashion show, include two photographs of child actress Shirley Temple (Items 97-98). The items consist of 98 8 x 10 in. black-and-white copy prints with corresponding film negatives, as well as an additional box containing approximately 70 unidentified/unprinted negatives and 1 reel of 16mm film labeled "Jess Willard & strong man, LAAC roof 1933."
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Unidentified people on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club
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Image of unidentified people on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club.
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Beach clubs and beachgoers, Santa Monica, California
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Image of beachgoers on the beach and playing in the surf in front of beach clubs in Santa Monica. The club buildings are: Deauville Club (far right), Santa Monica Athletic Club (center), and the Wavecrest Club (left).
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