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Title	Beach in front of the Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, ca.1925
Description	Photograph of the beach in front of the Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, ca.1925. The beach is in the foreground and is crowded with people resting under umbrellas or playing in the waves. There is a wide sidewalk bordering the beach at left. The left side of the walkway is lined with an assortment of buildings. The pier is in the background at right and several structures are built on it, including a billiards and bowling hall and a large wooden rollercoaster. Another pier (the Venice Ocean Park Pier) is visible further down the beach at center.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "For Sale or Lease this choice ocean frontage [...] 10 Lots [...] 500 Feet [...] Municipal Pier Investment Co.", "Palace Bathing Car Co.", "Pop Corn", "Parking", and "Bowling and Billiards".
Subject (adlf)	piers
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Beach scenes -- Pleasure Pier
Subject (lcsh)	Beaches Piers Amusement parks Bowling alleys
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Santa Monica; Santa Monica
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1925
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1925
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	transparencies photographs
Contributing entity	California Historical Society
Accession number	14044
Call number	CHS-14044
Legacy record ID	chs-m6636; USC-2-1-1-6751
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. 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	CHS-14044
Archival file	chs_Volume55/CHS-14044.tiff

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