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Surf and sand competition, view 13

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Order Number	00070397
Title	Surf and sand competition, view 13
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Beaches.; N-003-029.13 4x5
Date	Circa 1929
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Couples compete in a contest that involves running down the beach in full arctic clothing and snowshoes, and then uncovering to bathing suits and paddling canoes to a larger boat. View 13 - A female contestant that has shed her arctic attire sits next to a canoe she must help paddle, her partner can be seen wearing his fur-lined coat as he stands on the opposite side of the canoe, putting his snowshoes inside. Their next challenge is to paddle this vessel into the ocean to a waiting boat.
Publisher	Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Subject	Snowshoes and snowshoeing--California--Long Beach. Cold weather clothing--California--Long Beach. Canoes and canoeing--California--Long Beach. Bathing suits--California--Long Beach. Contests--California--Long Beach. Beaches--California--Long Beach. Long Beach (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection