PC-002-853A

Auditorium, Venice, California, Ward McFadden, Proprietor

 

circa 1911

 

 

The Venice Auditorium was on the Abbot Kinney Pier. Despite a storm in early 1905 that destroyed the pier and everything under construction on it, the pier, Auditorium, Ship Cafe and other buildings were finished in time for the July 4 opening. The first floor of the auditorium became the Venetian Gardens in the off season, serving refreshments while a band played. Occupying much of the message panel on the back of this divided card is an advertisement for the Balloon Route Excursion, showing that trolleys originating in Los Angeles served Kinney's "Venice of America."

Auditorium; Venice, California; Ward McFadden; Venice Auditorium; Venetian Gardens; Abbot Kinney Pier

 

California - Venice - Waterfront

 

 

MS-0008

 

Jack Parsons, Los Angeles, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-002-853B

 

 

Image

TIFF

20.33 MB