Fridays on The Pier – 1916
The Seal Beach pier has been a favorite subject for photographers throughout its 95 years of history. Every Friday between now and the end of the Seal Beach Founders Celebration, we’ll be posting an image of the pier.
A common practice of postcard companies in the early twentieth century was to take black and white photographs and have them colorized. I thought it might be interesting show an original 1916 postcard image of the pier next to the colorized version.
– Michael Dobkins
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If I had to chose, I’d pick the black and white version. It just seems to speak to the architecture and clothing of the time.
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Look how dressed up everyone is. Nothing like how we look today when on the pier.
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