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Postcard: Flower Bordered Walk and Drives, Showing Eucalyptus Trees, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, Cal.

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The Beach family, Charles, Doretta, Lela and Claude, set out from Cornwall, Ontario on October 18, 1921. This is Doretta's diary.

Feb. 21st. Cloudy all day. Father had to go to Drs. and Mrs. Clark and I went down town. Lela was sick. We saw the Buss' from Mille Roches.

Feb. 22nd. Rained through night. All went down town. Came home had lunch and went to Alambra to see O. D. Casselman, then on to Pasadena and went to the Ostrich Farm and all enjoyed it and got home about six o'clock.

Feb. 23rd. Cloudy. After lunch went to Lincoln Park and Mrs. Clark and Claude went through the allegator farm, then on over to Elysian Park and over the mountain and had a lovely view of the city and gardens and home about five o'clock.

Venice Calif. (Street canals
after Venice Italy)

Feb. 24th. Raining. We left about ten o'clock and took our lunch and went to Del Ray beach and on to Venice and Ocean Beach and Santa Monica and home about six o'clock. Father got some stones and we enjoyed the drive very much.

Washington Boulevard Homes, Los Angeles

Feb. 25th. Bright and warm. Went to Venice and on our way out saw Barnes Winter home for their circus. They were just getting ready to start out on their Spring and summer tour. Saw Goldwyn moving picture studio and they were taking pictures. At Venice took in the midway and Mrs. Clark, Lela and Claude had a ride on some kind of electric travelling chair cars and saw the train cars running on the cement sidewalks, like on postcard, and on to Ocean Park. The ocean was beautiful. I took steamer rug and sat on the sand while the rest looked for stones and the view of the breakers rolling in and in the distance the mountains with the clouds floating over the top was wonderful. Came home on Washington Boulevard, where the homes are lovely.

Feb. 26th. Cloudy and cooler. All went to church but myself. I was not feeling well. Mrs. Clark went over to her friends and stayed for dinner, and we all went down to the Roslyn Hotel.

Feb. 27th. Windy and cold. Father and Claude went down town all forenoon. Then after lunch Mrs. Clark and Lela went down.

Rev 2002-04-13