Subject: Beaches--California--Santa Monica / Location: California--Santa Monica / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Date from Los Angeles Times article, April 8, 1928: Car Again Chosen to Officially Lead Dancers: "The Essex has again been chosen as the official pace car for the Endurance Dance Marathon which ends at Ocean Park, after starting from Los Angeles on April 19"
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: View from Palisades Park cliff of Santa Monica shoreline, with cliff in right foreground, street railroad tracks and Pacific Coast Highway in midground, buildings and beach in background
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Six young women from the Salt Water Carnival Queen’s court, wearing bathing suits and leis around their necks, photographed in front of longboards planted in the sand. The pier can be seen in the background along with a building next to the sands (partially viewed at right). Photographed at the Salt Water Carnival, sponsored by Santa Monica Junior College.
Date:: May 24, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Salt Water Carnival was sponsored by Santa Monica Junior College. The event took place May 24, 1941, as reported in the article, “Salt Water Carnival Plans Completed,” Corsair, 21 May 1941.
Date:: May 24, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Salt Water Carnival was sponsored by Santa Monica Junior College. The event took place May 24, 1941, as reported in the article, “Salt Water Carnival Plans Completed,” Corsair, 21 May 1941.
Date:: May 24, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Salt Water Carnival was sponsored by Santa Monica Junior College. The event took place May 24, 1941, as reported in the article, “Salt Water Carnival Plans Completed,” Corsair, 21 May 1941.
Date:: May 24, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: P. H. Philbin, of Chicago, a former owner of the Sorrento Beach Club building, had planned a 12-story apartment building on the site in 1953. The project included utilizing the massive concrete Sorrento Beach Club structure which had been abandoned in an unfinished state. The project was controversial, as some property owners felt that it would mar the beauty of the Santa Monica Palisades Park.
Date:: 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Patsy, Peggy, and Tommy Morgan, in bathing suits, posing standing on beach with joined raised hands, with ocean in background
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Bird's-eye view of Santa Monica Bay, with many boats, with Santa Monica Pier with crowd in foreground, crowded beach, Pacific Coast Highway, Deauville Club, Santa Monica Athletic Club, Windermere Hotel, and Palisades Park cliffs in background
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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