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Secnic [sic] Railway, "Dragon Gorge," at Ocean Park, Cal.
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Description
Identifier
post_00177
Title
Secnic
[sic]
Railway
, "
Dragon
Gorge
" at
Ocean
Park
,
Cal
.
Creator
unknown
Date Created
1911-1912
Subject (Topic)
Amusement
rides--California--Los
Angeles
;
Roller
coasters--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Dragon
Gorge
(Santa
Monica
,
Calif
. :
Amusement
ride)
;
Subject (Place)
Ocean
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
Newman
Post
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
San
Francisco
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of the
entrance
to the
Dragon
Gorge
scenic
railway
amusement
ride
in
Ocean
Park
,
California
. A
sign
reading
"
Dragon
Gorge
"
appears
in the
center
.
Two
sculpted
green
dragons
flank
the
entrance
.
People
in
early
20th
century
style
clothing
are
visible
near
a
ticket
booth
in the
bottom
center
portion
of the
image
. The
upper
portion
of the
façade
is
ornamented
with
two
pagodas
.
Elevated
tracks
appear
on the
right
edge
of the
image
.
Historical Background
The
area
south
of
Santa
Monica
became
known
as
Ocean
Park
in
1895
, and was
originally
developed
as a
seaside
resort
by
Abbot
Kinney
and his
partner
Francis
Ryan
. In
1898
Kinney
and
Ryan
built
the
Ocean
Park
Pier
, the
first
of
several
pleasure
piers
to be
built
in
Los
Angeles
County
.
Kinney
built
the
successful
Venice
pleasure
pier
in
1906
. In
1911
the
L.A
.
Thompson
Company
acquired
property
in
Ocean
Park
and
built
the
Dragon
Gorge
Scenic
Railroad
on the
beach
on
Ocean
Front
Walk
. The
building
took
up
several
blocks
and also
incorporated
an
Auto
Maze
ride
, a
Grotto
Cafe
and
House
of
Mystery
. The
Dragon
Gorge
ride
was
similar
to the
ride
with the
same
name
built
in
New
York's
Coney
Island
. The
Dragon
George
in
Ocean
Park
was
destroyed
by a
massive
fire
on
September
3
,
1912
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "On the road of a thousand wonders".
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: F 115
Additional Notes
Publication
date
from the
years
of
operation
of the
Dragon
George
Scenic
Railway
.
Postmaked
1912
.
Contributors
Van
Ornum
Colorprint
Co
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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