Victoria Beach Tower, Laguna Beach, [1926?]

Item Overview

Title

Victoria Beach Tower, Laguna Beach, [1926?]

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[1926?]

Date

1926

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Cylindrical tower, with stone base, small windows, and conical shingled roof, on rocky beach next to cliff, with rocky cove and wave breaking at left
The tower is known as Victoria Beach Tower, and was built in 1926 by cliffside homeowner William E. Brown, housing a spiral staircase for beach access.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 1949 -1950 Laguna Beach (Arch Beach) 1925. Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Picnic party at the entrance of Singing Cave at Arch Beach, Laguna Beach, Calif., famous artist's colony on Pacific between Long Beach and San Diego. 48, 6x8
Handwritten at edge of negative: 1951

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Laguna Beach

Longitude

33.52056320529749

Latitude

-117.76450306177139

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Beaches--California--Laguna Beach
Round towers--American--California--Laguna Beach
Environment
Landmarks