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Identifier	clloy_013
Title	[Pleasure Pier in Santa Monica, California]
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1917
Subject (Topic)	Piers--California--Santa Monica; Amusement rides--California--Santa Monica;
Subject (Name)	Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Santa Monica (Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language	eng
Description	Looking southwest towards the Santa Monica pier; a sign on the Hippodrome building reads: "Welcome" and a sign on the building to the right of the Hippodrome reads: "Bowling and billiards." To the left of the Hippodrome building is the Aeroscope ride, and there is a partial view of a roller coaster.
Historical Background	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. A building with a domed roof and octagon-shaped towers, known as the Hippodrome Building, housed the carousel. The Aeroscope ride to the west of the Hippodrome building was a tower ride that launched six-passenger boats into the air and whirled them around at 35 miles per hour. In 1924, Looff sold the pier to the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier Company, who expanded it to include the La Monica Ballroom towards the ocean end of the pier. The two adjoined piers later became known as simply, "The Pier" and was acquired by the city in the 1950s. The Pier was declared a Santa Monica City Landmark in 1976.
Additional Notes	Real photo postcard on Kruxo paper.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

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