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Gravity Switchback Roller Coaster at the Arcadia Hotel
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Riders on the Gravity Switchback "roller coaster" at the Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica
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View of people riding the Thompson Gravity Switchback Railroad, which traveled across the ravine between the Arcadia Hotel, standing on the beach in background, and the town. The hotel is shown facing onto Ocean Avenue, with the ocean behind it.
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Thompson Railroad, Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica
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Image of the Thompson Gravity Switchback Railroad, which traveled across the ravine between the Arcadia Hotel (not pictured) and the north side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The Santa Monica Hotel is seen at center left of image across the bridge and a railroad track and train are seen at right.
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Arcadia Hotel
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Image of two people in a courtyard in front of the eastern face of the Arcadia Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. Only three of the five stories of the hotel can be seen from the east face.
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Hotel Arcadia, Santa Monica
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Image of the front of the Arcadia Hotel facing east along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with a courtyard and garden. The sign on the hotel says "Hotel Santa Monica." Only three of the five stories of the hotel can be seen from the east face.
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Hotel Arcadia, Santa Monica Cal
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Image of the front of the Arcadia Hotel facing east along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with a courtyard and garden. Only three of the five stories of the hotel can be seen from the east face.
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Santa Monica Beach from Hotel Arcadia
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Image of restaurants on the North Beach, as seen from the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, California, situated next to the new railroad track along the beach. Signs on the restaurants read "Hot and cold lunches, Eckert and Hopf, Anheuser Busch Lager Beer" "Pavilion Restaurant" and "John Wieland lager beer." The Santa Monica Bath House is seen beyond the "John Wieland" sign, with a bandstand shell on the bluffs above (in present-day Palisades Park) and the Long Wharf visible in the distance.
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