Title supplied by cataloger. Long Beach Pier and Sun Pavilion opened May 27, 1893, and was the first municipal pier built in California. In 1904, the wooden pier was replaced with a 40-foot wide, 1,000-foot long cement and steel double-deck pier, designed by H.C. Holmes, and the expanded pier was paid for with a $100,000 municipal bond. The Sun Parlor building was opened at the end of the pier on April 6, 1905, however, the pier turned out to be too expensive to upkeep. The pier was battered night and day by untamed waves and needed constant upgrading. A series of strong storms starting on July 4, 1910, damaged an 80-foot section of the 1,800-foot pier. It was repaired, several times, and remained until it was finally swept away by heavy surf in 1934. View of Long Beach Pier and Sun Pavilion showing crowds of beachgoers gathered near the pavilion, and horses with buggies parked below. Long Beach Pier, also known as Pleasure Pier, and the Sun Pavilion were located at the end of Pine Avenue. Photograph circa 1903.
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image
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1 negative : safety ; 25 x 20 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Architecture, Victorian Pavilions Dance halls Restaurants Piers Lost architecture Horse-drawn vehicles Beaches Beachgoers Crowds Children Women Men Flags Sand Long Beach (Calif.) Pacific Ocean Portrait photographs Group portraits
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