Jackrabbit Racer ride at the Long Beach Pier and Pike, ca.1915

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Photograph of the Jackrabbit Racer ride at the Long Beach Pier and Pike, ca.1915. The ride is at center and is a tall, cylindrical wooden structure. A track can be seen near the top of the ride, and a ride car is visible as it speeds along. The name of the ride is written in large letters at center. A wooden archway provides access to the base of the attraction, while a ticket booth can be seen at left. A large crowd of people can be seen in the foreground, and the ocean is visible in the background.

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Title Jackrabbit Racer ride at the Long Beach Pier and Pike, ca.1915

Subject Amusement parks (adlf), Amusement parks (lcsh), Amusement rides (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views -- Pier and pike (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1915

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-m5837

Identifier 32799 (accession number), CHS-32799 (call number), CHS-32799 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5851 (legacy record id), chs-m5837 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5945 (legacy record id), 1-32-156 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5851

Unique identifier UC127700

Legacy Identifier CHS-32799.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 41.1 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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