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Title: General view of The Pike
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1940
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.
Flood lights are off and crowds are absent in this view of The Pike in Long Beach. In the background is the Blackstone Hotel and the Penny Arcade. A banner welcoming KWKW radio station is on a building, background, right, behind the "Batter Up" concession. Amusement rides are in the center.; Started in 1902, The Pike ran until 1979.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00074687
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-1 (207) 4x5
CARL0000078228
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/115903
Subject: Amusement parks--California--Long Beach
Amusement rides--California--Long Beach
Leisure industry--California--Long Beach
Recreation--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)
Pike, The (Long Beach, Calif. : Amusement park)

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