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Description
Order Number
00081817
Title
Outdoor
bowling
in
Hollywood
,
view
1
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Sports-Bowling.
;
N-002-161.1
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
View
1
:
Overview
of an
unidentified
outdoor
bowling
alley
in
Hollywood
,
circa
1929
.
Several
people
are
shown
standing
at the
base
of their
lanes
,
taking
aim
with their
bowling
balls
.
Behind
them,
bowlers
wait
for their
turn
or
just
watch
the
progress
of the
game
. The
Hollywood
Laundry
Service
Co.
,
Inc.
, a
very
large
laundry
and
dry
cleaning
building
,
can
be
seen
across
the
way
,
which
runs
the
length
of the
street
.
Subject
Hollywood Laundry Service Co., Inc.
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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