Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A similar photograph appears with the article “Raging Seas Wreck Pier and Undermine Homes, Seven Periled in Razing of Edifice and Children Marooned by Waves; Boats Crushed, Roads Flooded.” Los Angeles Times, 6 Sept. 1934. Caption reads: Huge ground swells at Long Beach shown sweeping debris of Pine-avenue pier toward shore after demolishing the structure and periling the lives of its occupants, who escaped by running along the disintegrating structure to shore. Heavy surf and floating debris, with Cyclone Racer roller coaster prominent in background, industrial area in distance Handwritten at edge of negative: Pine Ave Pier Washout - Silver Spray Pier in distance - Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Long Beach
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