Bird's-eye view of Main Street, Santa Monica, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Bird's-eye view of Main Street, Santa Monica, 1928

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1928

Language

English

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Legible business signs include: Bay Lumber Co. Venice, Auto Park, Craig's Market Meat Fruit Vegetables, Virginia Apts, Lee H. Young Ocean Park Public Market, Drugs, Lee H. Young Cash and Carry Grocery, Hardware, Bargain Shop, Crescent Apts. Rooms by Day Week or Month, The Minnesota Apts Rooms 1 2 and 3 Rooms Furnished, Kolbs Grocery Delicatessen, New & Used Clothing Cleaning Pressing, U.S. Shoe Renewing Carlson & Sons
Bird's-eye view of Main Street and surroundings, looking west-northwest toward Ashland Avenue, with businesses, cars, pedestrians, and houses, with Santa Monica Pier in background

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1928, Santa Monica, 8, 1979
Handwritten on edge of negative: 1505

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
bird's-eye views

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

33.99854316003863

Latitude

-118.48001718521118

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Streets--California--Santa Monica
Economy
Environment
Main Street (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)