Ship Cafe, Venice, California
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Identifier |
clloy_023 |
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Title |
Ship Cafe, Venice, California |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1930 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles; Restaurants--Decoration--California--Los Angeles; |
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Subject (Name) |
Ship Cafe (Los Angeles, Calif.); |
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Subject (Place) |
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.); |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
Postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Publisher |
E. C. Kropp, Co. |
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Place of Publication |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
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. |
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Historical Background |
Venice was originally part of the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica, developed primarily by Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney. In 1904, Kinney started developing his vision of Venice in America, complete with a canal system. Venice of America opened to the public on Independence Day, 1905, to a crowd of 40,000 people. The Ship Hotel and Cafe was one of the original attractions of the Venice pier and was intended to be a replica of Juan Cabrillo's Spanish galleon. The Ship was built on piling and faced out towards the ocean. The cafe, along with several other buildings, were destroyed by a fire in 1920, and the rebuilt ship cafe (with two masts instead of 3) was built parallel to the beach rather than facing out to sea. In 1946 the city council decided to tear down the Venice pier, and the ship cafe with it. What was not demolished by 1946 was destroyed by a fire in 1947. |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Publisher's serial number: 5064 |
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Additional Notes |
Printed on textured paper. |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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