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Title: Victory Fountain, Long Beach
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator: Winstead Photo
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: Title supplied by cataloger.
Designed by Edwardes Sproat and built by cement contractor S. W. Black, the fountain was dedicated to the American Legion in memory of those who fought in World War I. Financed by homeowners from West Long Beach, the 45 foot high memorial includes flasher lights of many colors and various sprays and cascades for water. A basement directly beneath the fountain includes a 600 gallon storage tank and pumps.
Image depicts the Victory Fountain, located at the intersection of Chestnut Place near the "Walk of a Thousand Lights" attraction at The Pike in Long Beach.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 19 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00077615
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Long Beach-Libraries
CARL0000078929
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111090
Subject: Fountains--California--Long Beach
War memorials--California--Long Beach
World War, 1914-1918--Monuments
Sproat, Edwardes
Black, S. W
Pike, The (Long Beach, Calif. : Amusement park)
Long Beach (Calif.)
American Legion

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