# \[Martinez, California Scenes\]

Scenes shot in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, on San Pablo Bay, apparently in the late 1920s. Images include: pans over the waterfront; workers at the Bay Specialty Company; the erection of the American Plywood factory; white-collar men exiting a meeting, greeting the camera and tipping their hats; workers at the Martinez Steam Laundry posing; flappers outside another business; entrance to Alhambra Union High School and students leaving; high-school girls in typing class; Martinez Elementary School students passing by the camera; and children involved in a Charlie Chaplin dressalike contest.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1927
- Runtime: 14 min
- By: Unknown
- Genres: Children's, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Martinez1927)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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