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Looff Pleasure Pier, baby beauty contest

Description: Image of babies and mothers sitting in a row in a bandstand on the Looff Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, California, with an American flag behind them and signs for "Concert Daily," "Arizona Hassayampa Society Basket Picnic Here, Saturday Aug. 11th," and "Nebraska Picnic, Santa Monica Pleasure Pier ... Sat. Aug. 4."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917
Call number: photCL_555_09_48
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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, women's band concert

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Image of a band with women holding instruments in the bandstand of the Looff Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, California, with a sign "Concert Daily 2:30 & 7:30" and an American flag in the background.

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Looff Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica

Visual Materials

Image of people sitting at picnic tables next to the Aeroscope ride at the Looff Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, California, with a food cart and a sign on the Looff Hippodrome reading "Picnic Tables End of Pier Water, Shade, and Free Electric Stove.")

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Looff Pier, picnic area next to bandstand

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Image of people in the picnic area next to the bandstand at the Looff Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, California. There are signs with groups of alphabetized family names posted throughout the picnic area and an advertisement for "Umbrellas sunshades for rent."

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Looff Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica

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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, Santa Monica

Visual Materials

Image of people walking along the Santa Monica Municipal Pier and Looff Pleasure Pier with the Aeroscope ride and picnic tables at left and the Looff Hippodrome at center (with signs "Picnic Tables End of Pier Water, Shade, and Free Electric Stove," "Welcome," and " Korn Krisp, Root beer, Pop Corn" in Santa Monica, California. Additional visible signs include "Sunkist Oranges and a sign on the umbrella of a food cart next to the pier for "Furniture, Charles & Wright"

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Looff Pleasure Pier, baby beauty contest

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