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Identifier	post_00152
Title	The lagoon, Venice, Cal.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1911
Subject (Topic)	Canals--California--Los Angeles; Gondolas--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Name)	Midway Plaisance (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, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	California Scenes Co. Pub.
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	A sepia-toned image of the Grand Lagoon in Venice, California, looking towards the south. Tourists ride in a gondola on the lagoon. The Midway Plaisance, an amusement park, appears in the background.
Historical Background	Originally part of the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica, Abbot Kinney's vision of Venice in America was developed starting in 1904, complete with a canal system and singing gondoliers. Canal construction began in 1904, and in 1905 construction of an amusement pier began. Kinney's Midway Plaisance was built on the south bank of the lagoon which later became the Venice traffic circle. It opened in January of 1906 and operated until 1908. The name was taken from an amusement area in the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. It was torn down in 1910 and replaced with the Races thru the Clouds roller coaster. Venice formally disincorporated from Ocean Park in 1911, and in 1925, Venice was annexed to the city of Los Angeles. By 1929, many of the canals had been filled in and paved as roads due to health and engineering problems.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "On the road of a thousand wonders"
Publisher's Identifier	Written in lower right corner of photograph: "204"
Additional Notes	Approximate date from postmark.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection