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Title: General view of the Pike
Alternative Title: Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Creator: Winstead Photo
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1937
Publication Information: Federal Writers' Project
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.
People mill among the rides and concessions stands at The Pike amusement park south of Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach in this view looking southward. The Jack Rabbit Racer roller coaster is visible in the background, left.; Started in 1902, The Pike ran until 1979.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00074681
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 6148 4x5
CARL0000078235
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3114
Subject: Amusement parks--California--Long Beach
Amusement rides--California--Long Beach
Ferris wheels--California--Long Beach
Crowds--California--Long Beach
Midways--California--Long Beach
Recreation--California--Long Beach
Long Beach (Calif.)
Pike, The (Long Beach, Calif. : Amusement park)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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