Identifier	post_00158
Title	Canal streets of Venice, Cal.
Creator	unknown
Date Published	1906 - 1915
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 (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 Sales Co.
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	A sepia toned view of the Cosmos Club with an arched footbridge crossing the Lion Canal in the lower left of the image. The waterway in the center of the image is the Grand Canal. The boathouse is partially visible on the right side of the image. The boathouse sign reads "Rowboats - Canoes." In the upper center portio of the image The view is looking towards the east.
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. 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. Built in 1906, the Cosmos Club was located at One Grand Canal. It was started as a women's club which was based on a similar one begun in 1878 by John Wesley Powell in Washington, D.C. In 1916 the club was remodeled into a home for Kinney and his new bride, Winifred Harwell. After the death of Kinney's widow in 1927, the house was willed to Kinney's personal assistant, an African American named Irving Tabor. The house was subsequently moved to 1310 Sixth Street. In 2008, the home was designated an historical cultural monument.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "Ot the road of a thousand wonders."
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 309
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection