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# Jim Charne wins last week's mystery photo contest
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/mystery-photo/
- Published: 2006-01-16T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:03:20.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Jim Charne is last week’s mystery photo winner. Charne accurately identified that the photo was taken of the statue in front of the Army surplus store on Lincoln Boulevard. Check out today’s edition for this week’s mystery photo contest.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/011606-03_orig_01.jpg)

The first person to identify where this photo was taken will win a prize. (Photo: Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 16, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)