BLUE STREAK RACER, SANTA MONICA PLEASURE PIER, 1917
BLUE STREAK RACER, SANTA MONICA PLEASURE PIER, 1917
BLUE STREAK RACER:
On June 12th 1916, The Looff Hippodrome opened, giving locals a chance to ride the brand new carousel, the very first ride on Looff Pleasure Pier. The success of the carousel meant more the debut of more attractions in the coming months including a fun house, a Bowling and Billiards room, The Whip, and the Blue Streak Racer roller coaster.
High Gloss Surface, Metal Print , Float Mount Hangers
(Prints float 1/2" off wall), 1/8" Rounded Corners
ON METAL, High Gloss Surface, Metal Print , Float Mount Hangers (Prints float 1/2" off wall), 1/8" Rounded Corners. Frame not included.
PRINTS WILL TYPICALLY SHIP WITHIN 2-4 WEEKS.
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From the Stephen Raul Anaya Collection, comes a rare and mostly unseen look at the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier and its surroundings from 1917. Images were pulled from a rare ‘Prospectus Book’, created by its then owner, Mr. Looff (master carver, crafted more than 40 carousels during his lifetime, including the first first carousel in 1876) hoping to sell shares in his Santa Monica “Pleasure Pier.
This image is from a study of Charles I. D. Looff’s 1917 prospectus book of his Santa Monica Pleasure Pier. When Jens Lucking and Michael Murphy seek these images that were photographed over 100 years ago the process becomes a means of connecting the viewer with a continuity of time and place, emancipating the viewer from a moment, unified in the journey of community all time past.