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Title
Giant Dipper roller coaster
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1926
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
The sign below the roller coaster entrance reads "This is sure some wicked ride". From the tracks winding up and around behind (with at least one full car on the track), it certainly does not look tame. This ride replaced the Big Dipper coaster on the Venice Pier in 1924.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00008872
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Venice-Amusement parks; S-003-052 4x5
CARL0000010799
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/83248
Subject
Amusement parks--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Beaches--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Roller coasters--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Pacific Ocean
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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