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Title: Amusement park ride at Long Beach Pier
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910, ca
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: View of an amusement park ride "Bisby's Spiral Airship," at the Long Beach Pike. The Pike amusement park was officially opened on the beach in Long Beach on July 4, 1902. Also known as the "Walk of a Thousand Lights," it became one of the most popular amusement parks on the west coast. After World War II, it was expanded and renamed Nu-Pike. It was closed in 1979. Beach visible to right. Print is from a deteriorating negative.
Type: Image
Identifier: B1F7947A-B3FE-4A73-8D1C-160330344212
1982/x-02/042
Subject: Roller Coaster
Beaches

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