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Title
Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Image of people riding the Sea Serpent roller coaster and Sea Spin ride at the Pacific Ocean Amusement Park at Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California, in 1958. The Ocean Skyway bubble cars are riding along a cable above the park at center and the Santa Monica Pier and beach clubs are in the distance.
This is a copy negative (a photograph of another photograph). "Pacific Ocean Park POP 1958"--note from donor Ernest Marquez written on envelope in which the negative was received. Title and date based on note. Image reproduced in Ernest Marquez publication Santa Monica Beach (Angel City Press, 2004), p. 191.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 10 x 12.5 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
489988
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16670
Subject
Amusement parks
Beaches
Roller coasters
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Ocean Park (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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