Long Beach Pike thronging with pedestrians, ca.1913

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Photograph of the Long Beach Pike amusement park, ca.1913. To the right is the "Theatorium" which features moving pictures and the "Ohio Lunch Room". Strollers with umbrellas are seen the length of the Pike which is crowded with pedestrians. Part of the roller coaster is visible in the distance at left. Legible signs include: "Hot coffee, sandwiches, cold drinks", "Orange cider 5¢", "Lease for sale"..., "Fruits", "Daily"..., "Con[...] beach"..., "Pool", "Looff's h"..., "Majestic dances", "Lovera"..., "Coney Island clam chowder", "Dancing", "St. Louis Cafe", "We make a specialty of chili tamales, oisters and clam chowder, ice cream, all kinds of soft drinks", "Ed Herwick signs, L.A., we cover the entire coast", "Owl cigar, now 5¢, M.A. Gunst Cigar Co., Pac. Coast Dist'rs", "Bowling", "Billiards", "Selz, Chicago, shoes, make your feet glad", "Theatorium moving pictures, admission 5¢", "Dramatic, scientific, industrial, spectacular photoplays", "Refined ph"..., "Roller skating, free admission to all, east of pier, Tues. night ladies skate free, largest floor on coast, 300x150 ft., skating, good order, morning, afternoon, evening", "Coffee & sandwiches 5¢ each", "Ohio lunch room", ..."sandwiches, [...] & cold lunch".

Asset Metadata

Title Long Beach Pike thronging with pedestrians, ca.1913

Subject Amusement parks (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views -- Pier and pike (file heading), piers (lcsh), recreational facilities (adlf), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh), Theaters (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1913

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1913

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-m5798

Identifier 1971 (accession number), CHS-1971 (call number), CHS-1971 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5813 (legacy record id), chs-m5798 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5919 (legacy record id), 1-32-16 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5813

Unique identifier UC127731

Legacy Identifier CHS-1971.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
48.3 cm × 37.5 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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