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Los Angeles County coastline aerial views

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Description
A collection of 73 black-and-white aerial photographs showing the Los Angeles County, California, coastline. Includes aerial images of Malibu, Topanga Canyon, Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, Venice, Playa Del Rey, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes, Point Firmin, San Pedro, and Long Beach. There are photographs of the Hyperion Outfall Sewage Plant, real estate developments such as Castellamare Tract and Belmont Shore Tract, piers, and oil derricks.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1921-1930
Call number
photCL 82
Creator
Spence Air Photos (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from N.A. Kovach Booksellers, 1953.
Dimensions
images 26 x 20 cm
Associated people
Spence, Robert Earl,
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