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Identifier
post_00166
Title
Canal
and
Venetian
Villas
,
Venice
,
Cal
.
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1910
Subject (Topic)
Tourist
camps
&
hostels--California--Los
Angeles
;
Canals--California--Los
Angeles
;
Boats
and
boating--California--Los
Angeles
;
Vacation
rentals--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Venetian
Villas
(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
DE
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
M
.
Rieder
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
View
of the
Grand
Canal
in
Venice
,
California
looking
towards
the
east
. A
man
in
early
20th
century
clothing
rows
a
small
boat
. The
view
also
shows
the
tourist
camp
known
as
Venetian
Villas
.
Newly
planted
palm
trees
line
the
banks
of the
canal
. The
Baldwin
Hills
appear
far
off
in the
distance
.
Historical Background
This
view
shows
the
Grand
Canal
,
which
later
became
Grand
Boulevard
,
near
the
intersection
with
Riviera
Avenue
.
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
. This
area
of
Venice
was
alternately
called
"
Venetian
Villas
" or "
Villa
City.
"
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
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: No. 37630; Series number: No. 3529
Additional Notes
Made
in
Germany
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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