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Alluvial bluffs at Santa Monica

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Description: Image of the alluvial bluffs of Palisades Park with the Arcadia Hotel in the distance at center and the North Beach Bath House at left in Santa Monica, California. A sign painted over the north entrance to the North Beach Bath House salt water plunge reads "Plunge" and the east facing back wall reads "North Beach Bath House." Train tracks are visible below the cliffs, behind the bathhouse and the North Beach Bath House Pier is seen at far left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1904
Call number: photCL_555_01_1124
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North Beach Bath House

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Image of people in front of the North Beach Bath House dressed in clothes and bathing suits on the beach and in the water in Santa Monica, California. A pipe transporting sea water to the indoor plunge can be seen on the beach at left and a sign that reads "North Beach Bath House" is painted on the building at right. The "99 Steps" bridge can be seen coming from the Palisades cliffs in the distance. The warm salt water plunge is the long building at far left and the bathhouse is the building with the two towers.

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Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica

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Image of a man on a bench at left near the cliffs of present-day Palisades Park and the beach below with the Arcadia Hotel and North Beach Bath House Pier in the distance in Santa Monica, California.

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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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North Beach Bath House, Santa Monica, Cal

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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 pipe transporting seawater to the warm salt water plunge is seen at left and two water towers and band shell can be seen above the bluffs.

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North Beach Bath House Plunge, Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of people, including children, swimming in the North Beach Bath House salt water plunge in Santa Monica, California. A sign that reads "deep water" hangs at the center of image above the indoor pool. Advertisement on verso has images of a woman in a swimsuit with seashells in front of a beach backdrop and a studio portrait of two girls with pigtails.

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North Beach from Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica

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Image of the North Beach Bath House as seen from the Arcadia Hotel with a portion of the remains of the Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Wharf at bottom left and the North Beach Bath House Pier just north of it, in Santa Monica, California. The Long Wharf is seen at center left of image, in the distance.

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Alluvial bluffs at Santa Monica

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