Children fly kites near Silver Spray Pleasure Pier, Long Beach, [between 1920-1939]

Item Overview

Title

Children fly kites near Silver Spray Pleasure Pier, Long Beach, [between 1920-1939]

Date Created

[between 1920-1939]

Date

1920/1939

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

In the foreground, people crowd the beach on the north side of Silver Spray Pleasure Pier in Long Beach. Children on the beach carry or fly kites. From the middle of the crowd, a kite with a long tail sails over the beach at center. Across the kite, text reads, "LONG BEACH." The crowd extends back towards the pier, which stretches across the background. Along the side of the pier, a sign reads, "SILVER SP[...] PLEASURE PIER." A roller coaster sits behind it on the pier. About a couple dozen kites are visible sailing through the sky in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: [no content]
Handwritten on negative: CO[?]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Longitude

33.766111

Latitude

-118.189167

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Roller coasters--California--Long Beach
Beaches--California--Long Beach
Crowds--California--Long Beach
Children--California--Long Beach
Kites (Toys)
Amusement piers--California--Long Beach