View of the amusements at the Pike, a park along the pier in Redondo Beach, ca.1924

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Photograph of a view of the amusements at the Pike, a park along the pier in Redondo Beach, ca.1924. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk outside a novelty vendors' buidling, which featrues a windmill on its left side and a barn-like structure to its right. In the background, passengers begin their descent in a rollercoaster car.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Fish Market", "London Fish Co.", "Redondo Pop Corn Shop", "Spanish Cafe", "Headquarters for Texas Tamales", "Hamburgers" and "Ice Cold Coca-Cola Sold Here".

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Title View of the amusements at the Pike, a park along the pier in Redondo Beach, ca.1924

Subject Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Redondo Beach -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Redondo Fish Company (subject), Resorts (lcsh), Roller coasters (lcsh), Spanish Cafe (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Redondo Beach (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1924

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 16 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1924

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1149

Identifier 9105 (accession number), CHS-9105 (call number), CHS-9105 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2029 (legacy record id), chs-m1149 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1191 (legacy record id), 1-42-23 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2029

Unique identifier UC117643

Legacy Identifier CHS-9105.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 41.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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