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Palisades and Long Wharf by moonlight, Santa Monica, California
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Identifier
clloy_016
Title
Palisades
and
Long
Wharf
by
moonlight
,
Santa
Monica
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1912
Subject (Topic)
Bays--California--Santa
Monica
;
Beaches--California--Santa
Monica
;
Wharves--California--Santa
Monica
;
Piers--California--Santa
Monica
Subject (Name)
Long
Wharf
(Santa
Monica
Bay
,
Calif.)
Subject (Place)
Pacific
Palisades
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Santa
Monica
(Calif.)
;
Santa
Monica
Bay
(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
Western
Pub
.
&
Nov.
;
Tichnor
Bros
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
Nighttime
view
of the
Santa
Monica
cliffs
,
seaside
,
mountains
, and the
Long
Wharf
. A
moon
over
the
mountains
illuminates
the
Santa
Monica
Bay
.
Historical Background
Santa
Monica
Bay
was
originally
the
site
of the
Long
Wharf
,
briefly
known
as the
Port
of
Los
Angeles
,
located
at
Portero
Canyon
. The
Long
Wharf
was
engineered
by the
Thompson
Bridge
Co
. and
completed
in
1893
.
It
was
advertised
as "the
longest
wharf
in the
world
" and was
4,720
feet
long
. The
wharf
included
two
sets
of
railroad
tracks
to
carry
goods
to and from the
mainland
. For a
short
while
,
Santa
Monica
was
under
consideration
as the
major
deep
water
seaport
for the
city
of
Los
Angeles
, and the
city's
business
and
tourism
boomed
during
this
period
.
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
.
Additional Notes
Approximate
date
from
postmark
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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