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Title
Aerial detail of Santa Monica Pier
Creator
Dunning Air
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Detailed aerial view looking south showing the Municipal Pier and the Santa Monica Amusement Pier, including the Whirlwind Dipper roller coaster, Looff Hippodrome, and the not-yet-open La Monica Ballroom in Santa Monica, California. The beach, buildings, and houses south of the pier can be seen.
"Santa Monica Pier 1924"--text, handwritten on glass. Title devised by cataloger; date transcribed from glass negative. This image is reproduced in Ernest Marquez publication Santa Monica Beach (Angel City Press, 2004), page 134.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : glass negative ; plate 10.2 x 12.7 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
487585
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16895
Subject
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Amusement rides
Piers
Roller coasters
Photographs. (aat)
Aerial views. (aat)
Glass plate negatives. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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