People sit on the beach watching the passing fleet of battleships, Venice, 1908

Item Overview

Title

People sit on the beach watching the passing fleet of battleships, Venice, 1908

Photographer

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

Date Created

April 25, 1908

Date

1908-04-25

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

People sit on the beach watching the passing fleet of battleships. Steam streams from the ships, which are visible in the distance. The people sit in the sand, on a chair, and on a bench. There is a sign in the sand at the left.
The battleships are part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, which passed through Santa Monica Bay on April 25, 1908.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Venice, Calif. about 1909. President Roosevelt sent the battleships around the world. 21 persons slept in our cottage at Island Ave and Speedway the night before they were to parade up Santa Monica Bay. 1. A group gathered on the beach in front of our cottage to watch the ships. 2. The ships are out there off shore. 3. Another view of the passing ships. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Venice

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Battleships--American--California--Venice
Oceans
Beaches--California--Venice