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Image / Virginia Reel amusement ride at the Venice Amusement Park, ca.1910-1919

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Title
Virginia Reel amusement ride at the Venice Amusement Park, ca.1910-1919
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910/1919
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the Virginia Reel amusement ride at the Venice Amusement Park, ca.1910-1919. At center, a wooden track meanders down what appears to be a stone hill side. At center, a round car full of people is making its way down the track. The car is decorated with images of the Union Jack. A ramp to pull the car to the top of the track can be seen at right. In the foreground, a man is standing on a platform and facing a large crowd of onlookers.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 9 x 14 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4976
USC-0-1-1-5078 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32514
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4976
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32514.jpg
Subject
Amusement parks
Amusement rides
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--Amusement pier
Piers
Time Period
circa 1910/1919
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
32514 [Accession number]
CHS-32514 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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