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North Beach and Arcadia Bath Houses, Santa Monica, Cal

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Description: Image of the North Beach Bath House and Arcadia Bath Houses on the beach with people lying in the sand and piers visible in the distance in Santa Monica, California. Signs are visible that read "Anheuser Busch beer St. Louis Eckert & Hopf" and "Arcadia Bathhouse." The portion of the pier at center is the remains of the Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Wharf.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1894-1898
Call number: photCL_555_01_1110
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library

Looking south from North Beach bath house, Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of the beach and piers near the Arcadia Hotel and Arcadia Bath House as seen looking south from the North Beach Bath House in Santa Monica, California. Visible signs include "Arcadia Bath House, 500 new suits, new tubs, fish grill room" and "Casa Colorado" (partially painted over Anheuser Busch lettering). People are seen walking along a wooden boardwalk, including women with parasols, horse-drawn wagons, a carousel tent, and various small boats on the sand are also visible. A windmill can be seen in the distance.

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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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North Beach Bath House, Santa Monica

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Image of the North Beach Bath House with a sign for "Eckert and Hopf's Restaurant" and a crowd of people on the beach with the Arcadia Hotel in the distance in Santa Monica, California.

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Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of the beach side view of the Arcadia Hotel and Arcadia Bath House with people lying on the sand and holding umbrellas in Santa Monica, California. Visible signs include "Billiard Parlor" and "Arcadia Bath House" and a water tank and windmill are visible.

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North Beach, Santa Monica

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Image of people in front of the North Beach Bath House dressed in clothes and bathing suits on the beach in Santa Monica, California. A sign for "Eckert and Hopf's Restaurant" is painted on the side of the bathhouse building and the amusement ride called the "Haunted Swing" is at right. A sign that reads "Parisian Cloak and Suit Co." is at far right.

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Santa Monica Bath House

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Image of a man sitting on the edge of the Palisades Bluffs while looking down at the Santa Monica Bath House on the beach in Santa Monica, California; a walkway is seen in the foreground. "Santa Monica B[ath] H[ouse]" visible on the side of bathhouse building.

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North Beach and Arcadia Bath Houses, Santa Monica, Cal

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