"Swimming Pool and Club House / Palos Verdes Estates, California"

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CollectionPostcard and Ephemera CollectionDescriptionHand-colored postcard image shows view looking west of the east and south façades of the Palos Verdes Bathhouse and Beach Club. Visible in the background is the Haggerty pier. The Palos Verdes Bathhouse and Beach Club (now the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club), located at 389 Paseo Del Mar, opened June 1, 1930 at a cost of $75,000. The Club included a bathhouse with men’s and women’s dressing rooms, showers and lockers on the lower level, and a community area with a fireplace and windows overlooking the pool on the upper level. The Los Angeles engineering firm Elliott, Bowen and Waltz designed the pools which included a 45 x 105 ft. long main pool and a semicircular children’s wading pool. The pool water supply was taken from the ocean and pumped in daily. The first manager and swim lesson instructor was Grant Leenhouts. In 1965, the Club was renamed the Roessler Pool in honor of the City’s first mayor, Fred Roessler. After extensive renovations in 1998, the Club reopened as the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club Reverse of split-back postcard printed at left edge with "PUB. FOR PALOS VERDES DRUG STORE, PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA / Swimming Pool and Club House / Palos Verdes Estates, California" and "Post Cards of Quality.- The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y." at center. LanguageengSize3.5 x 5.5 inFormat1 postcardHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterBar Code39350013261163Shelf LocationPC37aRestrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Center collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.

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Geographic LocationMalaga Cove (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.)SubjectPiersSwimming poolsClubhouses

Personal Name

ArchitectCutter, Kirtland Kelsey, 1860-1939DonorWilson, Beth

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