Identifier	clloy_026
Title	Scene in Venice, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1906-1915
Subject (Topic)	Canals--California--Los Angeles; Recreation areas--California--Los Angeles; Boathouses--California--Los Angeles; Dwellings--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Cosmos Club (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	California Postcard Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles
Language	eng
Description	Overhead view of part of Venice, California, with the Lion Canal in the foreground and the Grand Canal running through the center and on to the right. Between the two canals is the Cosmos Club and across the Grand Canal is a boathouse.
Historical Background	In 1904, Abbot Kinney started developing his "Venice in America" complete with a canal system. The Grand Canal was the main canal, seventy feet wide, four feet deep, and half a mile long. However, the canal system was plagued by drainage, sewage, and erosion problems, and in 1912, the canals were condemned as a menace to public health. Despite efforts to keep up with these problems, in 1929 the bulk of the canals were filled in and roads were paved in their place. Lion Canal became Windward Avenue and Grand Canal became Grand Boulevard. The Cosmos Club was a women's club based on the 1878 club begun by John Wesley Powell in Washington, D.C., and located at One Grand Canal. The building, constructed in 1906, was purchased by Abbot Kinney in 1915 and remodeled into a home for Kinney and his new bride, Winifred Harwell. In 1927, the building was willed to Kinney's personal assistant, an African American named Irving Tabor. The house was subsequently relocated to 1310 Sixth Street, and in 2008, the home was designated a Historic-Cultural monument.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 23902
Additional Notes	Printed on textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection