- Title
- The Lake, Venice, Cal.
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- Description
- A navy-tinted image of the bathing lake in Venice California looking towards the west. Tourists are seen swimming in the water and climbing onto a boat. The Venice grandstand appears in the background. On the right side of the image are the Bath House and the diving tower. On the left side of the image, a portion of Windward Avenue and the Venice amusement pier is visible in the distance.
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- Physical description
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Canals--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles; Grandstands--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- 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. Four of the canals flowed into a circular body of water which was variously called "the lake" or the "grand lagoon". Canal construction began in 1904, and in 1905 construction of an amusement pier began. A short distance from the Venice amusement pier, a grandstand overlooked the lagoon where swimming competitions were held. By 1929, many of the canals had been filled in and paved as roads due to health and engineering problems. The site of the Grand Lagoon later became the Venice traffic circle.
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- Collection Location
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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