Statue of Dr. Chester Rowell, seated, mounted on platform with plaque showing bedside scene, with decorative fence around monument and trees in background
View from Palisades park along Ocean Avenue with a drinking fountain in the foreground. The location is south of Santa Monica Blvd. as the Bay Cities Guaranty Building is visible in the distance (left). People enjoy the park are strolling and seated on benches.
Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Pagliacci.” The stage is filled with cast members in peasant costumes, as performers portraying Canio/ Pagliacci (in clown costume) and Canio’s wife Nedda ride onstage on a horse drawn wagon. The setting is a 19th century Calabrian village. With rolling hills and trees painted on a backdrop. To the fore stands a secondary stage resembling a Greek temple. Drawn curtains shield the interior from view. A banner painted with “I Pagliacci” is attached to the pediment. Beyond the stage, two musicians can be viewed in the orchestra pit. Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Scene in a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "Rigoletto" with Enrico Porta as Rigoletto kneeling before Laurin Malcolm as Count Monterone. Supporting cast include Victor Terzo (left of Malcolm), Natalie Garrotto (1st woman on left), and Jean Kortlander (4th from right).
Audience at Santa Monica City Hall dedication, at 1685 Main St.: about 6 people visible in folding chairs at right, about 30 standing behind decorated barrier, with uniformed Boy Scout seated on steps in foreground, in front of new city hall building, decorated with bunting. Fallen sign partially visible in foreground reads Section reserved for program participants
Man in suit and tie seated at desk, with about 10 large flower arrangements in front of desk, on desk, and on another desk behind, with windows with blinds in background
The 1888 horse-shoe-shaped shell art wreath made by Ina Donna Coolbrith. The wreath was composed of sea shells interwoven with moss gathered at Santa Monica. The flowers represented include Mariposa lily, Shasta daisy, Copa de Oro, camelia, rose and other flowers. The wreath was a gift to Elizabeth Dalton Perry and William Hayes Perry. At the time of this photograph the wreath belonged to the Perrys' nephew John H. Crum of Santa Monica. The shell wreath is an example of Victorian era domestic crafts.
