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Santa Monica Camera Obscura

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Coordinates: 34°00′46″N 118°29′49″W / 34.01274°N 118.49687°W / 34.01274; -118.49687
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Postcard view c. 1910
The camera obscura has been housed in this building since 1955.

The Santa Monica Camera Obscura is a publicly accessible historical camera obscura, located in Palisades Park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in Santa Monica, California.

Installed (and perhaps constructed) by Santa Monica mayor Robert F. Jones around 1898,[1] the camera obscura was one of the attractions on the Balloon Route streetcar tour of Los Angeles.[2] The camera obscura has been in the current building, designed by Weldon J. Fulton, since 1955.[3] The adjoining space was once used as a senior center and is now a community art center.

References

  1. ^ Meares, Hadley (2015-06-05). "A Most Novel Attraction: The Camera Obscura of Santa Monica". KCET. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  2. ^ "A Tourist's Trolley Trip Through Early-1900s Los Angeles". KCET. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  3. ^ Bernal, Victoria. "Camera Obscura | Santa Monica Conservancy". www.smconservancy.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
View of the Pacific Ocean projected onto the camera obscura viewing table.

34°00′46″N 118°29′49″W / 34.01274°N 118.49687°W / 34.01274; -118.49687


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