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Canoes in a pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1930

Description: Two canoes with two young men in each float in a pool at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. One of the boys in each boat is standing and holding a long pole with a padded end, which they are trying to push the other boy with. A crowd composed mostly of children and teenagers sit on the pool edge watching. A lifeguard sits in a raised chair.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1930
Call number: photCL Whitt 0756 ; Whitt neg. 0431
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Mayday, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1930

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A large crowd of children and adults watch as women dance around three maypoles wearing various costumes, in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The maypoles are standing in a clearing surrounded by trees which shade the seated and standing onlookers.

photCL Whitt 0754 ; Whitt neg. 0440

Art class, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles. 1930

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Students painting trees at easels in an art class in Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles. There are three boys and two girls painting at easels, as well as one adult watching the smallest boy.

photCL Whitt 0752 ; Whitt neg. 0441

City Tennis Championship, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1932

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A young man holding a racquet and tennis balls stands close to the net on a tennis court in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. An umpire is seated in a raised chair next to the net, and spectators are seated on a bench inside the court and on bleachers outside the court. The match is part of the city Tennis Championship.

photCL Whitt 0759 ; Whitt neg. 0573

Opening of pool, Norco. 1928

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View of a swimming pool opened in Norco in 1928. The pool is divided into two sections, with a large shallower area for swimming and a 10 foot deep section for diving. There is a raised diving board on the right and three higher diving platforms at the far end of the pool. There are bleachers and a building along one side of the pool, with numerous spectators watching the swimmers.

photCL Whitt 2056 ; Whitt neg. 0220

Opening of pool, Norco. 1928

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Slightly elevated view of a newly-opened swimming pool in Norco in 1928. The pool is divided into two sections, with a large shallower area for swimming and a 10 foot deep section for diving. There is a raised diving board visible on the left. There are bleachers and a building along one side of the pool, with numerous spectators watching the swimmers.

photCL Whitt 2055 ; Whitt neg. 0219

Opening of pool, Norco. 1928

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View of a swimming pool opened in Norco in 1928. The pool is divided into two sections, with a large shallower area for swimming and a 10 foot deep section for diving. There is a raised diving board on the left. There are bleachers and a building along one side of the pool, with numerous spectators watching a diver who is pictured here mid-dive.

photCL Whitt 2057 ; Whitt neg. 0221

Canoes in a pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1930

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