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The boat house and lagoon, Venice, Cal.
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Identifier
post_00154
Title
The
boat
house
and
lagoon
,
Venice
,
Cal
.
Creator
unknown
Date Published
1908-1910
Subject (Topic)
Canals--California--Los
Angeles
;
Gondolas--California--Los
Angeles
;
Footbridges--California--Los
Angeles
;
Boats
and
boating--California--Los
Angeles
;
Boathouses--California--Los
Angeles
;
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/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Benham
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
Tourists
dressed
in
early
20th
century
style
clothing
ride
in a
gondola
on the
Grand
Canal
in
Venice
,
California
. The
gondola
is
adorned
with an
American
flag
and a
lantern
.
Small
boats
and
canoes
are on the
same
canal
in the
background
. A
boathouse
appears
on the
right
side
of the
image
with a
sign
that
reads
"
Gondolas
". An
arched
footbridge
crosses
the
Grand
Canal
. A
collection
of
bungalows
known
as "
Villa
City
" or "
Venetian
Villas
"
can
be
seen
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
plan
for
Venice
included
592
residential
lots
,
some
of
which
sold
for as
much
as
$2700
(a
high
price
at the
time)
.
Kinney
also
created
affordable
vacation
housing
for
visitors
. At
first
, there were
simple
tent
structures
that
could
be
rented
for
lower
prices
,
located
in an
area
known
as "
Tent
City
" but
around
1907
the
tents
were
replaced
with
small
bungalows
.
However
, as the
residential
housing
grew
,
many
Venice
visitors
decided
to
become
permanent
residents
.
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
. The
area
depicted
in this
view
later
became
the
intersection
of
Grand
Boulevard
and the
Venice
traffic
circle
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: A-1249; Series number: 2094
Additional Notes
Approximate
date
from
publisher's
serial
number
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
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