Estate sale find, vintage original snapshots (40+) of bathing beauties and folks enjoying the Venice Plunge and Santa Monica Bath House beach scene. No date, circa 1920’s. The Venice Plunge was built in 1908, it was the largest indoor pool in the world and was to establish an attendance record in the years to come with as many as 7,000 people entering the pool in a single peak day. The first bath house in Santa Monica (and perhaps in LA County) was a small, rustic structure, built by the founders of Santa Monica, John P. Jones and Robert Baker. In 1875, the two formed the Santa Monica Land and Water Company. They began to drum up interest in their new development, which they hoped would include major railway involvement and eventually a port that would rival San Pedro. Throughout the 1890s, affordable, egalitarian bath houses (often backed by railroad companies) sprung up and down the Los Angeles County coast, as railroads brought Angelenos to once isolated parts of the shore. PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTION AND PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS – AS IS – The photo snapshots (40+) are in overall Poor to Fair used condition with signs of wear, tears, trimmed, glued to album pages, creases, fading, sunning and age toning, soiling, stains, writing, no odors, please see images. The item “Vintage Santa Monica Venice Beach Photos Bath House Pier Rollercoaster 1920s” is in sale since Friday, April 16, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Photographic Images\Vintage & Antique (Pre-1940)\Other Antique Photographs”. The seller is “e*flea” and is located in Bakersfield, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation.
- Region of Origin: US
- Modified Item: No
- Framing: Unframed
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 7″)
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Date of Creation: 1920-1929
- Santa Monica Pier Venice Beach Photos: Santa Monica Bath House
- Venice Plunge: Santa Monica Pier Venice Beach Photos
- Color: Black & White
- Photo Type: Snapshot
- Subject: Santa Monica Pier Venice Beach Photos
- Time Period Manufactured: Vintage & Antique (Pre-1940)
- Original/Reprint: Original Print