Beach-goers in the surf in front of the Long Beach Pier, ca.1925

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Photogaph of beach-goers in the surf in front of the Long Beach Pier, ca.1925. Men and women in bathing costumes can be seen standing mostly in the shallow areas of the shore, while farther in the foreground, a few can be seen neck-deep in the water. In the background, still more enthusiasts congregate beneath large beach umbrellas. Still farther back, the pier can be seen, the romanesque bath house decorated in striped banners to the left, while a huge tower slide can be seen to the right, spiralling down to the ground. In the background the city's skyline intrudes, revealing highrise industrial buildings and smokestacks.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Pacific Ice Cream", "Bill's Place: Cold Drinks", "[...]wd's Studio", "Crescent Ice Cream", "Lee's Sandwiches", "Hotel DeLuxe", and "Rialto".

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Title Beach-goers in the surf in front of the Long Beach Pier, ca.1925

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1925

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-m5819

Identifier 9087 (accession number), CHS-9087 (call number), CHS-9087 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5834 (legacy record id), chs-m5819 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5929 (legacy record id), 1-32-183 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5834

Unique identifier UC127705

Legacy Identifier CHS-9087.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.7 cm × 40.4 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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