Lower photo: View of sunbathers on the beach in Venice. The wide, sandy beach runs from the foreground at left into the background at right. A multitude of people in bathing suits can be seen on the sand or in the water. Behind the beach in the background, several large beach club buildings and can be seen.
Three postcard views of sunbathers at Venice beach. Two view show the beach crowded with sunbathers and umbrellas on the sand between the shore buildings and the water. One view shows a sparsely populated beach with the pier and roller coaster in the distance.
View of sunbathers on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club, view of sunbathers on the beach in Venice and view of the promenade along Venice Beach.
Twelve post card views of beaches in Topanga, Santa Monica and Venice, California, advertised as a set called "Snappy Snaps, Local California Views." Santa Monica views include Marion Davies' beach house, castle rock and the palisades cliffs. Venice Beach views show sunbathers. Castle rock was leveled in the mid 1950's and is now paved over.
This photograph is similar to images appearing with the articles, "DETECTIVES INQUIRE INTO EVANGELIST'S DROWNING: Burns Operatives Enter Case While Searchers Vainly Seek Body of Aimee Semple McPherson," Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 1, and “FAITHFUL CLING TO WANING HOPE: Men and Women Followers of Mrs. McPherson Grouped on Sands at Venice Pray That Leader Will Return to Them,” Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1926: 2
Portrait photograph of Harry Fielding Winebrenner, head of the art department at Venice High School. He wears a three piece suit, striped button down shirt, and a jeweled tie tack in his tie.