Canary Island Date Palm and Downtown Santa Monica Streetscape (1927)

A large Canary Island Date Palm on a city sidewalk overlooking parked 1920s automobiles and Spanish-style commercial buildings with a cafeteria sign. — Canary Island Date Palm and Downtown Santa Monica Streetscape (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

During his residence in Santa Monica, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed this lively streetscape featuring a large Canary Island Date Palm framing Spanish Colonial Revival commercial buildings. Vintage sedans line the curb outside a downtown cafeteria, reflecting coastal city life in 1927.