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Ship Cafe, Venice, Cal.
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Publisher: Jack Parsons
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Ship Cafe, Venice, Cal.
Object type postcard
object_type QS:P31,Q192425
Description
English: Postacrad of Ship Cafe, Venice, Cal. Title continues: "'An ancient ship run in a modern way.' Ward McFadden, Prop[rietor]." The ship cafe establishment was built alongside the Abbot Kinney pier in 1905, and eventually demolished in 1946. Postcard # 9837 is on the divided back, which also bears an advertisement for the Balloon Route Excursion in the message panel. The approximate date is 1911. This untraveled back carries publishing information, a stampbox, and the usual printed messages, but in this case has a long advertisement for and logo of the Los Angeles Pacific Electric's Balloon Route Excursion. The approximate date is 1911.

Details [logo of] Los Angeles Pacific Electric Short Line to the Sea Balloon Route Excursion The Scenic Trolley Trip 101 Miles-One Day-One Dollar The Only Trolley Trip Going One Way and Returning Another--Visiting 10 beaches and 8 cities. Paralleling the mountains from Los Angeles to the ocean, then 36 miles along the Seashore. Parlor Cars; Reserved Seats; Competent Guides. FREE ATTRACTIONS--Admission to largest Aquarium on Pacific Coast; Ride on the L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway at Venice; Admission to Camera Obscura, Santa Monica. Last Car 9.40 A.M. Daily, 429 South Hill, Los Angeles. [publisher's number] 9837
Held by The San Diego State University Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Manuscript number: MS-0008

Related object: pc-002-824
Depicted place Venice Beach, California
Date circa 1911
date QS:P571,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium postcard
Dimensions height: 3.5 in (88.9 mm); width: 5.5 in (13.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,3.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5.5U218593
Template:San Diego State University
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pc-002-824
Credit line San Diego State University Library
Source/Photographer SDSU
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17:17, 13 May 2024Thumbnail for version as of 17:17, 13 May 2024635 × 664 (443 KB)Broichmore (talk | contribs){{Artwork |artist = |author = Publisher: Jack Parsons |title = Ship Cafe, Venice, Cal. |object type = postcard |description ={{en|1=Postacrad of Ship Cafe, Venice, Cal. Title continues: "'An ancient ship run in a modern way.' Ward McFadden, Prop[rietor]." The ship cafe establishment was built alongside the Abbot Kinney pier in 1905, and eventually demolished in 1946. Postcard # 9837 is on the divided back, which also bears an advertisement f...

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