Visual Materials

Riviera Country Club

Description

Ten photographs of the Riviera Country Club and golf course in Pacific Palisades, California, in 1928, one year after the opening of the facility. Includes exterior and landscape views of the clubhouse, golf course, putting green, and undeveloped hillsides; and interior views of "The French Room" lounge and a guest sleeping room.

Date based on information provided by the donor.

Type

Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)

Date

December 16, 1928

Call number

photCL 377

Creator

Los Angeles Athletic Club(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, April 1981.

Gift of the Los Angeles Athletic Club,

Dimensions

prints 8 x 10 in., negatives 3 3/4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in. +

Golf at Riviera Country Club, Santa Monica Canyon

Visual Materials

Image of golfers playing golf at the Riviera Country Club golf course in Santa Monica Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California, with residential houses seen in the distance.

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Pacific Country Club

Visual Materials

Eight photographs of the Pacific Country Club in Long Beach, California. Includes five exterior views of the Clubhouse; three views of sunbathers and umbrellas on the beach; and one view of swimmers in the ocean as seen from the patio grill. Date based on information provided by the donor.

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Los Angeles Athletic Club photograph collection

Visual Materials

This collection contains photographs of the members and grounds of the Southern California beach and golf clubs that formed part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The clubs represented are the Santa Monica Athletic Club and Deauville Club (Items 1-16 and 74-83, 65-98); the Hermosa Beach Surf and Sand Club (Items 17-55, and 84); the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades (Items 56-65); and the Long Beach Pacific Coast Club (Items 66-73). The photographs, presumably created as promotional images, include images depicting clubhouse buildings and rooms, as well as members engaged in leisure activities such as sunbathing, swimming, beach volleyball, and golf. Nearly half of the photographs are close-up shots of beach-goers, often young women posing in swimsuits. One set of images depicts women in bathing suits posing for a 1932 Santa Monica Athletic Club fashion show, include two photographs of child actress Shirley Temple (Items 97-98). The items consist of 98 8 x 10 in. black-and-white copy prints with corresponding film negatives, as well as an additional box containing approximately 70 unidentified/unprinted negatives and 1 reel of 16mm film labeled "Jess Willard & strong man, LAAC roof 1933."

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