Swimming pool at the North Beach Bath House, Santa Monica, about 1895

Item Overview

Title

Swimming pool at the North Beach Bath House, Santa Monica, about 1895

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

about 1895

Date

1895

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Swimming pool at the North Beach Bath House. There are people swimming in the pool. There are arched beams on the ceiling and skylights. There are windows at the right both by the ceiling and just above the pool. Plants hang from the ceiling. A person's arm is visible at the left in the foreground. The words, "no smoking" are printed on the wall at the right." People stand by the pool at the right in front of benches.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1230. Santa Monica, Calif. About 1895. The beach and camera obscura in front of the North Beach bath house. 1. John Duvall in bathing suit, facing camera. The girl on walk with back to camera is May Hasse [sic], who he afterward married. They live on Lincoln Park Ave, Lincoln Heights in 1942 and the papers say John is on the Federal Grand Jury. 2. 3. Two more view [sic] of the beach and Camera Obscura. 4. Interior of the North Beach House plunge. 4 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.012106

Latitude

-118.497584

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bathhouses--California--Santa Monica
Swimming pools--California--Santa Monica