Woman and a child stand in the surf. She holds her dress at her knees and wears a hat. There is a pier at the right with people standing on it. The beach is in the foreground.
Photograph of Annie M. Brain (center) and Aileen Brain (right) sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Annie's lap and looks over her shoulder past the camera. Annie holds Aileen on her lap and looks down to her. An unidentified girl stands behind and to the left of them; she looks to the camera. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered with pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
Photograph, from left to right, of Annie M. Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Annie's lap and looks to the camera. Annie holds Aileen on her lap and looks down to her. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered in pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
Based on the dates, the boy is more likely Lester Shaw rather than Romayne. Lester and Romayne were William and Josie Shaw's sons. Josie Shaw was Mertie Whitaker's sister and Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
People walk on the boardwalk in front of the North Beach Bath House. A girl wearing a bonnet holds hands with a man in a suit. People sit on the beach in the background. A wooden structure has the words, "leopard seal" printed on it. "North Beach Bath House" is printed on the building at the right. There are American flags on the beach and others at the top of the bathhouse.
Man operates a steam engine on the beach. He wears a hat and holds his hands up to the engine. Steam comes out of the top. There are stairs above the beach. At the right, Eckert & Hopf's restaurant is visible.
Lester Shaw stands on the boardwalk holding firecrackers. He wears a hat and stands in front of a sign with chalk writing on it. A hat with a wide brim is visible just above the sign. At the left, there is a covered patio with people sitting on it. American flags fly from the roof of the patio. Men and women walk on the boardwalk in the background. There is a sign that reads, "bathing water bath."
Photograph, from left to right, of Ora Prickett and Mertie Whitaker (later West) sitting in the sand in front of the North Beach bathhouse in Santa Monica. Ora Prickett wears a derby hat. He rests his hands on his legs that extend outward and turns his head to the right. Mertie wears a boater hat. She rests her hands in her lap as she looks to the camera. Behind them, a ranch-type wooden building extends from the left to the right. It has a railing, three semi-circular, spoked decorative elements on the side of the building, a pitched, corrugated roof and a large dormer at top with seven windows.
According to the accompanying negative sleeve, this image was taken around 1897. Aileen (Brain) Davis was born around 1898 or 1899, after when this image was stated to be taken. This image is likely to have been taken at a later date.
Photograph of Ade Bystle standing on the beach, while Lottie Bystle sits on the sand during a visit to Santa Monica. Ade Bystle stands in the near distance at center. He looks towards and points to the camera. His pants are rolled up to his knees. Lottie Bystle sits on the sand in front of and to the right of Ade. She sits with her back to the camera. Two unknown women stand behind and to the left of Ade. They are in profile, facing right, as they approach the water. The beach stretches on an upward angle across the lower portion of the image from right to left. Small waves approach the beach from the right and lap onto the rocky shore. The ocean extends out into the distance. In the far distance, a pier enters the image from the left and stretches horizontally across the photograph.
People standing on the beach. A man stands at the left with his back to the camera and his hands behind his back. A girl is next to him, also with her back to the camera. There is another girl at the right, and others closer to the water. At least one person is visible in the water.
Photograph of the interior of the North Beach bath house in Santa Monica. People swim and play in a pool that occupies the foreground. Along the left edge of the image, a wooden support beam arches upward as it extends out-of-frame at top. A hand in motion appears to reach out towards the right from behind the beam. Above the pool, wooden arches stand equally spaced to support a pitched roof. Baskets of flowers hang from rafters over the pool. Semi-circular windows line the wall on the right side of the pool and a walkway stretches across the far end of the pool.
Photograph of several beachgoers standing in the surf and sitting on the beach at North Beach in Santa Monica. The shore stretches across the foreground on a slight upward angle from left to right. Waves roll onto the shore towards the camera. Two children sit with their backs to the camera at left. Another person stands with their back to camera just beyond and to the right of them. At the surf, about 3 women stand in or near the water with their backs to the camera. Another woman sits on the beach at far right near the surf. A few people appear to play in the water in the distance at left. Along the right edge and in the far distance, the end of a pier juts into the frame.
People on the beach with the camera obscura in the background. Many of the men wear bathing suits, though some wear suits and hats. There are umbrellas throughout. There are mountains in the distance. People stand on the balcony of the camera obscura.
People on the beach and by the camera obscura. There is an umbrella in the foreground. Two men stand wearing suits at the right. There are people in bathing suits on the beach, as well as men in suits and women in dresses. A man and a woman stand at the top of the stairs of the camera obscura.