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Identifier	clloy_014
Title	Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1922
Subject (Topic)	Parks--California--Santa Monica; Piers--California--Santa Monica; Amusement parks--California--Santa Monica; Amusement rides--California--Santa Monica;
Subject (Name)	Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	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, 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
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.; Theo. Sohmer
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	A bird's eye view looking southwest towards the Santa Monica pier and the southern corner of Palisades Park; tree; flowers; grass; palms; streetlights; Pacific Ocean; 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. The Aeroscope ride, a tower structure to the west of the Hippodrome building, 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.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: A-96159; Series number: S.M. 3
Additional Notes	Date from publisher's serial number; Printed using the C.T. Photochrom process.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

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