Books:

• San Diego: An Introduction to the Region by Philip R. Pryde, 1976
• City of the Dream by Richard F. Pourade, 1977
• Mission Beach: The Creation of Place by Harry Wayne Powell, 1981
• Historical Evolution of Mission Beach by Harry Wayne Powell, 1982
• The Real Beginnings of Mission Beach: The Story of the Mission Beach Amusement Center by Kenneth LaMar, 1988
• The Mission Beach Amusement Center: San Diego's Ocean Playground by Diane Twomey (No date, ca. 1980)

Newspapers:

• SD Evening Tribune, 4 May 1925-23 Jan 1981
• SD Union, 11 June 1922-27 January 1975
• SD Independent, 17 December 1959
• SD Reader, 1 November 1979-3 April 1980
• SD Sentinel, 30 March 1980-19 October 1980

Photos from San Diego Historical Society:

• arial1 - 6284 "Mission Beach Jetty" 1949
• arial2 - 6047 "Spirit of St. Louis over Belmont Park Mission Beach * Col. Linbergh's Plane" 1927
• arial3 - 80:2581 "Mission Bay and Beach" 1950
• arial4 - 79:741-797 "Mission Bay and Beach looking north" 1946
• arial5 - 79-741-783 "Mission Beach" 1946
• beach1 - 79-SDHS-542 "Mission Bay looking to crown point and ingrahm street bridge. Betty Knight Missionetes" Photographer Edward Sievers 1948
• beach2 - 79-SDHS-652 "Mission Beach John Venus on Bottom. Heab Rodregus Middle. Stan Levin on top in from of plunge." 1951
• beach3 - 80:5582 "Mission Beach near Belmont Park" 1930
• beach4 - 16453 "Mission Beach Police life gaurd, path house in back." 1916
• beach5 - UT#1374 . 1925
• beach6 - Btm: UT#1841 See photo 1925
• beach7 - UT#1863 . 1929
• beach8 - UT#1871 "Old Mission Beach, Bath House at San Jose Pl." 1920
• gen01 - SK80-3 "Mission Beach: Belmont Park Ballroom" 1926
• gen02 - 1728-4 "Plan for Mission Beach. From: Union Title Insurance and trust Company Historical Collection, San Diego California." 1922
• gen03 - 1935-1 "Old bridge across the channel. From: Union Title Insurance and trust Company HistoricalCollection, San Diego California." 1927
• gen04 - 13126 "Mission Beach subway construction." 1925
• gen05 16454 "Mission Bay Tent City Salt Water Pool" 1916
• gen06 - 16458-1 "Mission Beach: Mission Blvd., looking south toward santa clara Pl. near Queenstown Ct. From: Union Title Insurance and trust Company Historical Collection, San Diego California." 1925
• gen07 - 16459 "Mission Bay Tent City sign" 1916
• gen08 -18238-A2 "Mission beach surfing- Sharles Wright and Faye Baird Frazier" 1926
• gen09 - Sensor1 "Mission Beach Plunge" Outdoor 1932
• gen10 -Sensor1-1 "Misison Beach Plunge" Indoor 1932
• gen11 - UT#1961 "Mission Beach" Railroad consturction 1920
• gen12 - UT#8248-412 "Mission Beach: Amusment Center Roller Coaster" 1953
• gen13 - UT#8248-418 "Mission Beach Amusment Center" Face ?
• gen14 - S-1142-2 "Mission Bay bridge" Construction 1950
• gen15 - S-2246-E-6 "Mission Beach. From: San Diego Historical Society - Ticor Collection" Coaster Arial 1955
• gen16 - 2-2247-B-1 "Mission Beach from top of roller coaster. West Mission Bay Drive." 1955
• gen17 - Bishop 474 "Mission Beach Ballroom" outside 1952
• gen18 - 79-SDHS-640 "Mission Beach Lifegaurd HQ at Belmont Park" 1958
• gen19 - 80-1246 "Mission Bay. Ingraham St. Bridge, south of Crown Point" 1930
• gen20 - 80:5582 "Mission Beach Boardwalk" 1937
• map1930 - USGS map #514 1930
• wall1 - 13124 "Mission Beach seawall and promenade construction" 1925
• wall2 - 1728-8 "Mission Beach Boardwalk. Looking north: The bathouse on San Jose Ct. can be seen in the distance." 1922
• wall3 - UT#8248-21 July 4th 1954
• wall4 - 80:4853 "MIssion Beach looking north" 1940
• wall5 - 80:4854 "Mission Beach after the flood near the roller coaster" 1939
• wall6 - 80:4856 "Mission Beach flood damage. 2700 Block of Ocean Front" 1939
• wall7 - 82:4858 "Mission Beach flood damage" 1939
• wall8 10849-1 "Mission Beach Tent City looking toward Crown Point." 1916
• wall9 - UT#1931 "Misison Beach yacht Regatta (in what is now called 'Mariner's Cove'" 1979
• wall10 - UT#6391 Mission Bay 1920
 

Photos by Peter Lubczynski

• color01 Beach Sence
• color02 Boardwalk, wall, and beach in front of amusement center
• color03 Boardwalk in front of amusement center
• color04 Boadwalk in front of park, beachfront houses at Mision Beach
• color05 Park with volleyball nets at South Mission Beach near jetty
• color06 Roller skaters on boardwalk near parking lot
• color07 Roller skater showing off in front of the Plunge
• color08 The ocean in front of the amusement center on a cloudy sunset
• color09 The ocean and jetty at South Mission on a cloudy sunset
• color10 Mission Bay and Mision Bay Park overlooking bridge
• color11 Roller coaster from Mission Blvd.
• color12 Roller coaster from the beach
• color13 Close-up of roller coaster
• color14 The plunge building and logo
• color15 Inside the plunge, as you walk in
• color16 The entrance to the plunge and mural
• color17 Lifegaurd trucks at Mission Beach on the Bay side
• color18 Lifegaurd tower near the roller coaster on the beach
• color19 Belmont Park: Mission Beach Amusement Center
• color20 Ocean Front Walk sign
• color21 Regulation at MIssion Beach
• color22 A guy having a lot of fun at Belmont Park in front of the Plunge.
• color23 Belmont Park sign

This page was created by Peter Lubczynski
Last update: Thursday, 13-Aug-1998 09:31:12 PDT