Identifier	clloy_023
Title	Ship Cafe, Venice, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1930
Subject (Topic)	Restaurants--California--Los Angeles; Restaurants--Decoration--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Ship Cafe (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Venice (Los Angeles, 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/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	E. C. Kropp, Co.
Place of Publication	Milwaukee, Wis.
Language	eng
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.
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.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 5064
Additional Notes	Printed on textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection