A view of the interior of the bath house in Venice, California. A rope with floats is seen on the surface of the water. Several bathers are in the pool. Numerous bathers in swim suits stand near the edge of the pool. Spectators in street...
A view of the Midway Plaisance in Venice, California. Signs for three of the attractions read "The Chicken Farm," "Temple of Mirth," and "Darkness & Dawn." The water of the grand lagoon is visible in the...
Streets--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Bathhouses--California--Los Angeles; Hotels--California--Los Angeles;
A view of Ocean Front Walk in Venice, California looking towards the south. The Plunge Bath House is visible in the center of the image. Tourists in early 20th century style clothing ride on two small open tram cars. Several signs for businesses...
Streets--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles;
A view of Windward Avenue in Venice, California with the grand lagoon in the foreground. Tourists dressed in early 20th century style clothing crowd the avenue and the bank of the lagoon. A boater rows a small boat on the lagoon. The mast of the...
View of the grand lagoon in Venice, California looking toward the south. Tourists ride in a gondola on the lagoon. Four empty rowboats appear on the right side of the image. The Race thru the Clouds roller coaster appears on the bank of the lagoon.
A view of Villa City in Venice, California looking towards the east. The building housing the rental office is in the foreground. Railroad tracks appear on the right.
Canals--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles; Grandstands--California--Los Angeles;
A navy-tinted image of the bathing lake in Venice California looking towards the west. Tourists are seen swimming in the water and climbing onto a boat. The Venice grandstand appears in the background. On the right side of the image are the Bath...
Canals--California--Los Angeles; Gondolas--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles;
A sepia-toned image of the Grand Lagoon in Venice, California, looking towards the south. Tourists ride in a gondola on the lagoon. The Midway Plaisance, an amusement park, appears in the background.
City blocks--California--Los Angeles; Housing--California--Los Angeles;
A view of an unidentified residential street in Venice, California sometime after 1929. Each home has a small lawn or garden in front, and streetlamps line the narrow road.
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Protest movements--California--Owens Valley;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Bridge over canal. Shack by bridge. Photographer's inscription in lower left corner: "Army of Occupation L. A....
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Protest movements--California--Owens Valley;
Owens Valley residents eating at the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may record either the barbecue held the final day of the occupation (20 November 1924) or else the meals that wives of the occupiers served. The low...
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Groundwater--California--Owens Valley; Canals--California--Owens Valley;...
One of the canals that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power operated in Owens Valley to bring groundwater pumped from wells to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In left background are power lines or telephone lines. In right background are the...
Streets--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Parking facilities--California--Los Angeles; Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles;
A view of Windward Avenue looking East towards the Lagoon. Parked automobiles line the street, some of them double parked. In the foreground, a crowd of people fill the street, some of them seated, looking towards the West (towards the ocean and...
A three-quarters view of the Ship Cafe as it stood after 1924; two cars are parked to the left of the entrance, small flags are strung over the ships two large masts.
