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Cabrillo Beach with view of the bath house, San Pedro, Los Angeles. April 8, 1934

Description: A panoramic view of Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, Los Angeles. The beach is divided into two curved strands, one on each side of the breakwater. In between the two stretches of sand is a picnic area and the Cabrillo Beach Bath House. A parking lot is on the far side of the picnic area and is filled with parked cars. The beach crowd is fairly thin, with few people in the water. There are numerous ships of various sizes in the distance (inside the breakwater). Writing in white at the bottom reads "4-8-'34".
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Date: April 8, 1934.
Call number: photCL 470 (144)
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Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, Los Angeles. 1932

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A panoramic view of Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro. The beach is along the coast, on either side of the breakwater. There are numerous sailboats and larger vessels in the background, but very few people on the beach and in the water.

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Terminal Island, Long Beach and San Pedro, Los Angeles. 1904

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A panoramic view of Terminal Island and the back bay from the terminal. Terminal Island is part of the cities of Long Beach and San Pedro, Los Angeles. There are numerous ships along the pier in the center of the image, some barges, some with smoke stacks, and a couple tall ships with four masts. The area to the left of the pier is filled with cargo, and there is a low building with large piles of lumber around it. The exact location of this photograph was not specified. The land on the far side of the back bay is hilly, with little development away from the waterfront. Writing in white in lower left corner reads "Pierce ; 8014".

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Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, Los Angeles. 1905

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A panoramic view of a part of the docks of Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles. Railroad tracks run across the immediate foreground, as well as alongside the docks, and there are cargo and flatbed train cars on many of the tracks. There are two long breakwaters, one in the distance that is low and simple, and another closer to the shore that is lined with buildings. A three mast tall ship is docked at a pier along the inner breakwater. There are a couple dozen small sailboats anchored inside the breakwaters.

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Terminal Island, San Pedro and Long Beach. approximately 1902

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A panoramic view of Terminal Island, taken from a pier, facing back toward the island, which is divided between San Pedro and Long Beach. There are several men and a boy standing along the right side of the pier, looking at the water. There are more people at the end of the pier and next to the low buildings on the island. On the right there is a ferry/tour boat(?) with several people on it, as well as a small sailboat. There are numerous houses along the beach on the right side of the image. Writing at the bottom of the negative is partially cut off, but reads in part "Terminal Island".

photCL 470 (142)

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Photographs of San Pedro, California

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Consists of ten photographs of San Pedro, California. Subjects includes the coastline, the San Pedro breakwater, the cutter Collis, Point Fermin Elementary School, Cabillo Beach, Cabrillo Beach Boathouse (demolished in the 1970s), Los Angeles Harbor Light (Angels Gate Lighthouse), and Fish Harbor at Terminal Island. Companies shown on Wharf Street include Seacoast Packing Corporation and Van Camp Seafood Company.

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Redondo Beach bath house

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Image of the interior of the Redondo Beach bath house in Redondo Beach, California, with women sitting at tables in a covered outdoor area.

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Cabrillo Beach with view of the bath house, San Pedro, Los Angeles. April 8, 1934

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