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The L. A. Thompson Scenic Railway, Venice, California
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The L. A. Thompson Scenic Railway, Venice, California
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Description
Identifier
clloy_035
Title
The
L
. A.
Thompson
Scenic
Railway
,
Venice
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1911
Subject (Topic)
Roller
coasters--California--Los
Angeles
;
Amusement
rides--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Thompson
Scenic
Railway
(Roller
coaster
:
Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Venice
(Los
Angeles
,
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
Jack
Parsons
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of
four
roller
coaster
trains
traveling
the
track
of the
L
. A.
Thompson
Scenic
Railway
roller
coaster
.
Mountains
and
tunnels
provide
the
main
scenery
of the
ride
.
Historical Background
Ocean
Front
Walk
was
developed
in the
early
1900s
along
with the
rest
of the
Venice
area
, then a
part
of the
city
of
Ocean
Park
. The
Thompson
Scenic
Railway
was a
roller
coaster
built
in
1910
by the
L
. A.
Thompson
Company
.
Located
at the
west
end
of
Ocean
Front
Walk
on the
north
end
of the
Venice
Pier
,
it
extended
out
into the
ocean
on the
west
end
and
featured
mountain
scenery
at the
east
end
. The
ride
was
removed
in
1919
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "On the road of a Thousand wonders."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 49501
Additional Notes
Approximate
date
from
postmark
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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