Image / Sideshow at The Pike

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Sideshow at The Pike
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Reagh, William
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1950
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
A barker tries to entice customers into a sideshow on the midway at The Pike amusement park south of Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach. The sideshow advertises "Living Oddities, Strange People" and displays paintings of Electra (a woman dressed like Wonder Woman), Sword Swallower, Headless Girl, etc. The canvas above the entrance displays cartoonish images of a fat lady, a giant, a merman, etc. and states "Some of the world's greatest freaks, past and present". The crowd contains a large number of sailors in uniform.; Started in 1902, The Pike amusement park ran until 1979.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00074667
William Reagh Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
A-005-292 4x5; Long Beach-Amusement parks-The Pike.
CARL0000078263
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/125219
Subject: Amusement parks--California--Long Beach
Sideshows--California--Long Beach
Freak shows--California--Long Beach
Amusements--California--Long Beach
Midways--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)
Pike, The (Long Beach, Calif. : Amusement park)

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.