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The Palisades and Bay, Santa Monica, California
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Identifier
clloy_001
Title
The
Palisades
and
Bay
,
Santa
Monica
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1913-1920
Subject (Topic)
Bays--California--Santa
Monica
;
Beaches--California--Santa
Monica
;
Roads--California--Santa
Monica
;
Wharves--California--Santa
Monica
;
Subject (Name)
Long
Wharf
(Santa
Monica
Bay
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Santa
Monica
Bay
(Calif.)
;
Pacific
Palisades
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Pacific
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
San
Francisco
,
California
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of the
Santa
Monica
Bay
,
looking
north
towards
the
Palisades
and
bay
from the
California
Incline
, with
mountains
in the
distance
. What
looks
to be
half
of the
remaining
Long
Wharf
extends
into the
bay
.
Historical Background
Built
in
1903
, the
open
air
incline
was
once
a
dusty
unpaved
road
called
"The
Sunset
Trail
" and was
originally
the
only
way
to
get
from the
bluffs
to the
pier
below
. The
California
Incline
was
later
paved
, with the
entrance
at the
far
west
end
of
California
Avenue
,
linking
Ocean
Avenue
and the
Pacific
Coast
Highway.
"
Santa
Monica
Bay
was
originally
the
site
of the
Long
Wharf
,
briefly
known
as the
Port
of
Los
Angeles
,
located
around
2
miles
north
of
Santa
Monica
city
proper
at
Portero
Canyon
. For a
short
while
,
Santa
Monica
was a
competitor
for the
location
of the
primary
deep
water
seaport
for the
city
of
Los
Angeles
.
However
, in
1897
a
Congressional
decision
was
made
favoring
San
Pedro
as the
major
port
for
Los
Angeles
, and the
Long
Wharf
eventually
lost
the
shipping
trade
. In
1913
,
Pacific
Electric
contracted
to have the
outer
1600
feet
of the
Long
Wharf
dismantled
,
reducing
it
to
around
half
of its
original
size
. The
remaining
portion
of the
pier
was
removed
by
December
of
1920
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: F157
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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