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Title
Aerial detail of Santa Monica Pier
Creator
Dunning Air
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Detailed aerial view looking east showing the Municipal Pier and the Santa Monica Amusement Pier, including the Whirlwind Dipper roller coaster, Looff Hippodrome, and the not-yet-open La Monica Ballroom, in Santa Monica, California. Beach and buildings on either side of the pier are visible.
"Santa Monica Pier 1924"--text, handwritten on glass. Title devised by cataloger; date transcribed from glass negative.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : glass negative ; plate 10.2 x 12.7 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
487586
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/16896
Subject
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Amusement rides
Beaches
Piers
Roller coasters
Photographs. (aat)
Aerial views. (aat)
Glass plate negatives. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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