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Beach picnic, Huntington Beach. 1937

Description
A group of men and women sit on the sand around a cooking fire at night in Huntington Beach. The group has been grunion fishing, and one of the men is cooking grunions in a skillet. There are two automobiles parked behind them, and building lights are in the distance. One of the women is playing a ukulele and one of the young men is reading a newspaper.
Type
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Date
1937
Call number
photCL Whitt 2084.1 ; Whitt neg. 2996
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