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Pleasure Pier from Park, Santa Monica, California
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Description
Identifier
clloy_008
Title
Pleasure
Pier
from
Park
,
Santa
Monica
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1922
Subject (Topic)
Parks--California--Santa
Monica
;
Piers--California--Santa
Monica
;
Amusement
parks--California--Santa
Monica
;
Subject (Place)
Santa
Monica
Pier
(Santa
Monica
,
Calif.)
;
Palisades
Park
(Santa
Monica
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co.
;
Theo
.
Sohmer
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
Looking
southwest
towards
the
Santa
Monica
Pier
from
Palisades
Park
. The
Hippodrome
Building
with its
domed
cupola
can
be
seen
just
to the
right
of the
center
of the
view
.
Historical Background
Palisades
Park
runs
along
the
west
side
of
Ocean
Boulevard
and
overlooks
Santa
Monica
Bay
. The
park
is
bounded
on the
south
side
by the
Santa
Monica
Pier
and
ends
at the
Santa
Monica
Canyon
. The
area
between
Montana
and
Colorado
Avenue
was
originally
known
as
Linda
Vista
Park
, and was
donated
to the
city
by
Arcadia
Bandini
de
Baker
and
Santa
Monica's
founding
father
,
Senator
John
P
.
Jones
. The
portion
of the
park
from
Montana
Avenue
to the
canyon
was
donated
by the
Santa
Monica
Land
and
Water
Company
(which
was also
owned
by
Baker
and
Jones)
" The
Santa
Monica
Municipal
Pier
was
built
in the
early
1900s
.
Charles
Looff
,
known
for his
career
building
amusement
park
rides
at
Coney
Island
at
other
locations
across
America
,
built
an
adjoining
Pleasure
Pier
next
to the
Municipal
Pier
around
1916
. The
completed
pier
was
178,200
square
feet
and
included
restaurants
, a
carousel
, a
roller
coaster
and
other
attractions
. The
Hippodrome
Building
housed
the
carousel
.
Looff
later
sold
the
pier
and in
1924
the
Santa
Monica
Pleasure
Pier
Company
purchased
it
and
expanded
it
. The
two
adjoined
piers
later
became
known
as
simply
, "The
Pier
" and were
acquired
by the
city
in the
1950s
. The
Pier
was
declared
a
Santa
Monica
City
Landmark
in
1976
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: A91657; Series number: S.M. 5
Additional Notes
Printed
using
the
C.T
.
Photochrom
process
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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