A small crowd of people gape over their heads at the "Venice Gondola" ride in which a capsule of people is swung in a vertical circle, 1934

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Title	A small crowd of people gape over their heads at the "Venice Gondola" ride in which a capsule of people is swung in a vertical circle, 1934
Title (Alternate)	Latest Beach Thriller
Type of Alternate Title	original caption
Description	Photograph of a small crowd of people gape over their heads at the "Venice Gondola" ride in which a capsule of people is swung in a vertical circle. "Watch your credit / International News Photo / 12 615 / A / E / los [sic] Angeles Bureau / Latest Beach Thriller / Venice, Calif. Venice Gondola newest pleasure thriller. Designed to built by John Branson, and demonstrated for the firsttime [sic] this new pleasure gondola is constructed of 20 foot steel girders with a passenger gondola made of duraliuminum [sic] scating [sic] six passengers. The gondola is attached to a cross bar on top of the girders, the gondola swinging into the air at the height of 40 foot. The passengers are strapped in with airplane belts. It travels at a speed of 55 miles in hour. / 5/19/34" -- typed note attached to verso.; "Received. Examiner reference library. June 22, 1934" -- stamped on verso.; Streetscape.
Subject (File Heading)	California -- Venice -- Amusement Pier
Geographic Subject	beaches: Venice Beach
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Venice; Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1934-05-19
Photographer	International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1934-05-19
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, negative, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints negatives (photographic) photographs
Contributing entity	University of Southern California
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-VEN-AMU-PIE-003
Print Box	Subjects 122
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m3820
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-P-S-VEN-AMU-PIE-003
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-VEN-AMU-PIE-003.tiff

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