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Southern Pacific excursion trains at Santa Monica, Cal

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Description: Image of the Southern Pacific Santa Monica Station as seen from the eastern side of the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, California, with houses in the distance. People are seen walking around the station with trains waiting on the tracks and a trestle and bridge are seen at left. Horse-drawn trolleys and carriages are visible as well as a sign on a building that advertises "meals for 25 cents." A building in the center distance has the sign "Mermaid Sample Rooms"
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1890s
Call number: photCL_555_01_1208
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

Santa Monica Deauville Club Beauty Show

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Image of people watching beauty contestants walking in a line across the sand and wearing bathing suits for a beauty contest at the Deauville Club in Santa Monica, California. A building with a sign reading "Santa Monica Bath House" and a building with a sign that has "hotel and apartments" can be seen in the distance.

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Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of Sunset Trail from Linda Vista Park (present day Palisades Park) to Palisades Beach Road in Santa Monica, California. A sign hangs from a rustic wooden archway that reads "Sunset Trail to Palisades Beach Road." The 99 Steps can be seen over the Beach Road (later part of Pacific Coast Highway) at left and the Long Wharf is visible in the distance.

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Birds eye view of Santa Monica Cal

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Image of a view from the Arcadia Hotel of the bridge leading from the hotel and the Southern Pacific Railroad Station (not pictured) in Santa Monica, California. A building with a sign reading "Pavilion Restaurant and family resort Eckert and Hopf prop." is at left and a trolley car, train car and trestle are seen in the background at upper right.

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Pacific Electric Railway car at Santa Monica station

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Pacific Electric Railway streetcar no. 107 at the Santa Monica station on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. The sign at the station says "Pacific Electric ticket office" and there is a sign on the building that says "Trolley Cafe." The sign across the top of the streetcar says "Santa Monica."

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Southern Pacific train and grounds, Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of the Southern Pacific railway station and grounds with an "SP" topiary arrangement in center in Santa Monica, California, near the Arcadia Hotel. Freight railroad cars in the foreground have lettering that reads "Central Pacific Ogden" and "S.P 72479," and a passenger train is visible in the background.

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Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of the Edgewater Club in the foreground, with the Grand Hotel behind it, and the Hippodrome, Deauville Club, and Santa Monica Pier visible in the distance, on the beach in Santa Monica, California. A sign that reads "Grand Hotel" is visible on the south side of the Grand Hotel.

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Southern Pacific excursion trains at Santa Monica, Cal

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