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Lick and Ocean Park Piers, Santa Monica, California

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Description
Panoramic image of the Lick Pier and Ocean Park Pier beyond a crowd of beachgoers and umbrellas at Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California. The "Chute the Chutes" ride can be seen at the end of the Ocean Park Pier as well as signs for the "Egyptian Ballroom," "Dome Theatre," "Rosemary Theatre," "Tango-Jumbo," "Frank's Place," and "Alber's Waffle Flour." The Bon Ton Ballroom and Giant Dipper roller coaster on Lick Pier are seen at center and the Hotel Denver, with a sign for "Tacoma Brew," and Ocean Park Bathhouse (with Moorish-style towers) are seen along the boardwalk at far right.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1929
Call number
photCL 555
Creator
Marquez, Ernest (1924-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Ernest Marquez, January 2014.
Associated people
Allen, D. C. (1887-1966,)
Bailey, Chas. Z. (1819-1903,)
Bartlett, Adelbert, (1843-1916,)
Bierstadt, Charles, (1873-1945,)
Blanchard, James B., (approximately 1842-1902,)
Bonine, Elias A., (1825-1900,)
Bonine, R. (1879-1963,)
Brewster, John Calvin, (1853-1921,)
Brigandi, Philip, (1842-1914,)
Clarke, William M., (1827-1903,)
Davis, James M., (1829-1915,)
Ellis, Lemuel S., (1850 or 1851-1937,)
Fletcher, W. H. (1843-1942,)
Frese, Adolf, (1833-1903,)
Godfrey, W. M. (1827-1909,)
Haley, George W., (-1888,)
Haynes, F. Jay (1830-1904,)
Hazard, George Washington, (1834-1910,)
Hazeltine, M. M. (approximately 1845-)
Houseworth, Thomas, (1861-1946,)
Jackson, B. D., (1838-1894,)
Jackson, William Henry, (1860-1949,)
Johnson, C. W. J. (1861-)
Kilburn, B. W. (1830-1912,)
Morrison, E. G., (active 1883-1884,)
Muybridge, Eadweard, (1839-1915,)
Parker, F. (Francis), (1861-1927,)
Parker, Joseph C. (1829-1916,)
Payne, H. T., (1879-1932,)
Pierce, C. C. (1844-)
Pierce, Edward W.,
Plunkett, Bob,
Putnam, J. R.,
Rea, William J.,
Reilly, John James,
Rieder, M.,
Rile, H. F.,
Schumacher, Frank G.,
Stanton, Thomas E.,
Taber, I. W.
Tuttle, W. N.,
Tyler, O. E.,
Varela, A. C.
Waite, C. B.
Watkins, Carleton E.,
Weaver, M. F.
Wesner, H. B.,
Westervelt, James D.,
Withey, Henry F.,
Associated organizations
California Art Foto Company,
Charles Beseler Co.,
Continent Stereoscopic Company,
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm),
Ellis & Son (Los Angeles, Calif.),
F. H. Rogers & Co.,
Garden City Photo Co.,
Graham Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.),
Griffith & Griffith,
H.C. White Co.,
Hayward & Muzzall,
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.),
Kelley & Chadwick,
Keystone View Company,
Payne, Stanton & Co.,
Powell Press Service,
Putnam & Valentine,
Spence Air Photos (Firm),
Strohmeyer & Wyman,
Underwood & Underwood,
Universal Photo Art Co.,
Webster & Albee,
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