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Title: Beach scene at The Pike
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Bathers mill under umbrellas and in the surf in front of The Pike amusement park south of Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach. Behind The Pike are hotels and other large buildings. A sign for the State Theatre is visible in the background. To the right is the first Long Beach Municipal Auditorium and municipal pier. Photo dated: April, 1920.; The first Long Beach Municipal Auditorium was built in 1905 on the east side of the municipal pier at Seaside and Pine Ave. for a capacity crowd of 6000. A wooden-frame construction with supporting pillars, the upper deck collapsed on May 15, 1913, during the "British Empire Day" celebration. The auditorium was replaced in 1932 by the second Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The Pike started in 1902 and ran until 1979.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;7 x 12 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00074657
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Long Beach-Amusement parks-The Pike.
CARL0000078279
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/115920
Subject: Municipal Auditorium (Long Beach, Calif.)
Amusement parks--California--Long Beach
Amusement rides--California--Long Beach
Beaches--California--Long Beach
Leisure industry--California--Long Beach
Waterfronts--California--Long Beach
Recreation--California--Long Beach
Beachgoers--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)
Pike, The (Long Beach, Calif. : Amusement park)

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