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Description
Order Number
00081813
Title
Outdoor
bowling
in
Hollywood
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Sports-Bowling.
;
N-002-158
4x5
Date
1929
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;11
x
14
cm
. on
sheet
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Bowling
is
one
of the
largest
participation
activities
worldwide
. The
earliest
forms
of
bowling
date
back
to
ancient
Egypt
, but to
date
, there are
many
forms
of
bowling
; in the
U.S.
, the
best
known
is
probably
ten-pin
bowling
,
both
in
amateur
and
professional
versions
. For
nearly
a
century
,
ten-pin
bowling
lanes
had a
surface
made
of
wood
.
Beginning
about
1980
,
most
ten-pin
lane
surfaces
have been
converted
to or
built
with a
synthetic
material
imitating
a
wooden
surface
.
Description
Overview
of an
unidentified
outdoor
bowling
alley
in
Hollywood
,
circa
1929
. An
unidentified
woman
can
be
seen
ready
to
release
her
bowling
ball
down
the
lane
;
ten
pins
are
neatly
lined
in the
foreground
as if
anticipating
their
doom
.
Behind
her,
several
other
bowlers
wait
their
turn
.
Subject
Outdoor recreation--California--Los Angeles.
Recreation areas--California--Los Angeles.
Bowling alleys--California--Los Angeles.
Bowling--California--Los Angeles.
Bowlers--California--Los Angeles.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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