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Bay Cities Bldg. Santa Monica Calif

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Description: Image of the Bay Cities Guaranty Building, also known as the Clock Tower Building or Crocker Bank Building, located at 225 Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica, California. Signs around the building read "Southern Pacific," "Toys," "Towne Cleaners," "Watch Clinic," and "Garretts Virginia Dare Wine" printed on a van across the street from the building
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1940
Call number: photCL_555_01_1079
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Third Street Mall from Broadway, Santa Monica

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Image of the Third Street Mall (now the Third Street Promenade) with the intersection with Broadway in the foreground in Santa Monica, California, including the Keller Block building and Crocker Clock Tower building (also known as the Bay Cities Guaranty Clock Tower Building) at left. Visible signs include "Dan Dee Factory Shoe Repair," "The Original Santa Monica Army & Navy Store," and "Crocker Bank."

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2nd and Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica

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Image of the intersection of Second Street and Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with the Bay Cities Guaranty Clock Tower building (Clock Tower Building or Crocker Bank Building) in the background. Signs on surrounding buildings read "Mobilegas," and "Southern Pacific Travel Office."

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Goodyear blimp on the beach, Santa Monica

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Image of people looking at a Goodyear blimp on the beach in Santa Monica, California. The blimp has the words "Goodyear Lifeguard Tires" and "Resolute Los Angeles NC-15A" printed on it. The Wavecrest Club, Palisades Bluffs, and the Bay Cities Guaranty Clock Tower building (also known as the Clock Tower Building or Crocker Bank Building) are visible in the background.

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Santa Monica Yacht harbor

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Image of the Santa Monica Yacht harbor with boats in the water and people standing at the end of the Santa Monica Pier looking toward the beach, in Santa Monica, California. The Deauville Club (at right with towers), Santa Monica Athletic Club (center) and Wavecrest Club (at far left) are visible on the beach and the Bay Cities Guaranty Building (also known as the Clock Tower Building or Crocker Bank Building) is visible beyond the Palisades bluffs and Palisades Park.

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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 the Deauville Club, at far right with towers, the Santa Monica Athletic Club, at center right, and the Wavecrest Club, at far left, in Santa Monica, California. The Bay Cities Guaranty Building (also known as the Clock Tower Building or Crocker Bank Building) is visible above beyond the Palisades bluffs and Palisades Park.

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Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of Third Street in Santa Monica, California, with streetlights, automobiles, pedestrians and storefronts. The Bay Cities Guaranty Clock Tower Building (Crocker Bank Building) is seen at right and the Criterion Theatre is seen at left advertising "The White Sister" with Helen Hayes. Signs on the street read "Criterion Drug Co.," "Criterion Apartments," "Avon Hotel," "Sponberg's Department Store," "Montgomery Ward & Co," and "J.C. Penny Co."

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Bay Cities Bldg. Santa Monica Calif

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