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# Venice Historical Society unveils photo exhibit of early Venice at library
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/040406-story/
- Published: 2006-04-04T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:29:10.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Venice, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Step back in time by visiting a new photo exhibit highlighting life in Venice before it became the beach resort town it is today.

The Venice Historical Society has a new exhibit at the Venice Library, 501 South Venice Blvd. The historic, on-going exhibit features oversized photographs of old Venice, including a 1906 scene from the Colonnades on Windward Avenue; a typical Venice beach scene from the early 1900s; kids fishing from the canals in the 1920s, before they were filled in; a flooded Venice Boulevard in the 1920s; and various Venice Canal scenes when Venice was only a few years old.

All photographs are courtesy of the Venice Historical Society. For more information, call (310) 967-5170, or log onto www.veniceofamerica.org.

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Society exhibit featuring vintage pictures of the city from a century ago is providing today’s residents and tourists with a forgotten look at the way things used to be. (Photo: Photos courtesy The Venice Historical)

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Society exhibit featuring vintage pictures of the city from a century ago is providing today’s residents and tourists with a forgotten look at the way things used to be. (Photo: Photos courtesy The Venice Historical)

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Society exhibit featuring vintage pictures of the city from a century ago is providing today’s residents and tourists with a forgotten look at the way things used to be. (Photo: Photos courtesy The Venice Historical)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 4, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040406.pdf?ref=smdp.com)