The Long Beach Pike Creative Commons Photo Log
Description: View of the entrance of “The Pike” amusement park in Long Beach, California (USA), in 1960.
Date: 1960
Source: U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Helena (CA-75) 1960-1961 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author: U.S. Navy
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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| Description | English: The Pike was a popular amusement park in Long Beach, California, until it closed beginning in 1979. (Scanned from a slide from Eastman Color Negative Film 5247-400) |
| Date | 7 January 1976 |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Tequask |
| Description | English: Repository: California Historical Society Date: Undated General note: Published by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles Format: Postcard Digital object ID: CHS2014.1799 Preferred citation: The Pike at Long Beach, Cal., courtesy, California Historical Society, CHS2014.1799. |
| Date | 8 October 2014, 09:06:57 |
| Source | https://www.flickr.com/photos/chs_commons/15301642389/ |
| Author | California Historical Society Digital Collection |
| Permission (Reusing this file) | At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail. |
| Flickr sets | Postcards from Los Angeles |
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Description
| Title | View of the Pike in Long Beach with the ocean in the background, 1929 |
| Description | Photograph of a view of the Pike in Long Beach with the ocean in the background, 1929. The Pike can be seen in the foreground and is a wide walkway bordered by shops and stalls. Dozens of people can be seen walking along between the buildings. At right, a large slide supported by wooden scaffolding can be seen. A pier runs from left to right in the background and has large buildings on both ends. The ocean is visible in the background at right.; Legible signs include, from left: “Christopher’s Ice Cream”, “Hart’s Confectionary Table Service”, “Whirl-O-Ball”, “Niagara Barrel”, “Hotel”, “The Dragon Sky High slide”, “Lee’s”, “Barbeque”, and “Serves You Right”. |
| Subject (adlf) | piers |
| Subject (file heading) | Los Angeles County — Long Beach — General views — Pier and pike |
| Subject (lcsh) | Piers Amusement parks Amusement rides |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Long Beach |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1929-11-03 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created | 1929-11-03 |
| Type | images |
| Format (aacr2) | 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17cm. |
| Format (aat) | transparencies photographs |
| Contributing entity | California Historical Society |
| Accession number | 35007 |
| Call number | CHS-35007 |
| Legacy record ID | chs-m4829 |
| Part of collection | California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 |
| Part of subcollection | Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 |
| Rights | Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California. |
| Physical access | Send requests to address or e-mail given |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@usc.edu |
| Filename | CHS-35007 |
| Archival file | chs_Volume147/CHS-35007.tiff |
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