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Title
Outdoor bowling in Hollywood, view 2
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bowling is one of the largest participation activities worldwide. The earliest forms of bowling date back to ancient Egypt, but to date, there are many forms of bowling; in the U.S., the best known is probably ten-pin bowling, both in amateur and professional versions. For nearly a century, ten-pin bowling lanes had a surface made of wood. Beginning about 1980, most ten-pin lane surfaces have been converted to or built with a synthetic material imitating a wooden surface.
View 2: Overview of an unidentified outdoor bowling alley in Hollywood, circa 1929. Two people are shown standing at the base of their lanes, taking aim with their bowling balls. Behind them, bowlers wait for their turn or just watch the progress of the game. In the background, the Hollywood Laundry Service Co., Inc. can be seen on the left, the Hotel Knickerbocker is in the middle, and Broadway Plaza is on the right.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00081816
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Sports-Bowling; N-002-161.2 4x5
CARL0000082089
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112543
Subject
Broadway Hollywood
Hollywood Laundry Service Co., Inc
Knickerbocker Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Outdoor recreation--California--Los Angeles
Recreation areas--California--Los Angeles
Bowling alleys--California--Los Angeles
Bowling--California--Los Angeles
Bowlers--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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