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Looff Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Pier

Description: Image of the Santa Monica Municipal Pier at right and the Looff Pleasure Pier at left including the Looff Hippodrome (with "Welcome" sign) and Blue Streak roller coaster in Santa Monica, California. Automobiles are seen parked on along the pier, including a larger tourist car, as well as signs for "Fish market bait and tackle," and Pure California orange juice."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917
Call number: photCL_555_09_30
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Looff Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Pier

Visual Materials

Image of the Santa Monica Municipal Pier at right and the Looff Pleasure Pier at left including the Looff Hippodrome (with "Welcome" sign) and Blue Streak roller coaster in Santa Monica, California. Automobiles are seen parked on along the pier as well as signs for "Fish market bait and tackle," and "Pure California orange juice." Palm trees and cannon and cannon balls can be seen in the foreground in Palisades Park.

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People on beach next to Looff Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Pier

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Image of people on the boardwalk and the beach next to the Santa Monica Municipal Pier and Looff Pleasure Pier with the Ocean Park Pier in the distance in Santa Monica, California. A sign for "bowling and billiards" is visible next to the Looff Hippodrome in front of the Blue Streak roller coaster; the Aeroscope ride can be seen behind the left side of the Hippodrome.

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Looff Pleasure Pier, Pacific Electric depot

Visual Materials

Image of the Pacific Electric Railway Ocean Avenue depot in the foreground, with a streetcar marked "Venice," and the Looff Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica Municipal Pier and beach in distance in Santa Monica, California. The Looff Hippodrome (with "Welcome" sign), "Bowling and Billiards" building, the Blue Streak Racer roller coaster, and Aeroscope rides are visible on the pleasure pier.

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Looff Pleasure Pier, south side

Visual Materials

Image of people in the picnic area next to the bandstand at the Looff Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, California. The Blue Streak Racer roller coaster, Aeroscope ride, and Looff Hippodrome (with "Welcome" and "Picnic Tables End of Pier" signs) are in the background and an electric tram can be seen at left. The picnic area has sign "Coffee Coupons Good Here."

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Looff Pleasure Pier, south side of pier

Visual Materials

Image of an electric tram and people walking on a boardwalk south of the Santa Monica Pier and Looff Pleasure Pier with the Hippodrome and Blue Streak Racer roller coaster in the distance in Santa Monica, California.

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Looff Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica

Visual Materials

Image of people walking on the Looff Pleasure Pier with the Aeroscope ride and the Hippodrome at right in Santa Monica, California. Signs on the Looff Hippodrome read "Picnic Tables End of Pier Water, Shade, and Free Electric Stove" and "Welcome" and a sign by the picnic tables reads "Buy a Badge 10₵."

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Looff Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Pier

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