Crown Bowl - Long Beach, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex T-Shirt rad holding a microphone in one

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Cream text below reads "INSIDE" in matching weathered block lettering

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Red Solo cups and star-shaped sunglasses suggest the afterparty has been going on for about 160 years

Crown Bowl - Long Beach, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex T-Shirt rad holding a microphone in oneCrown Bowl stood at 1301 East Artesia in Long Beach, a neighborhood alley that carried decades of league tradition through the postwar era. Opening in the 1950s, it became the kind of place where generations laced up rental shoes and settled rivalries one frame at a time. Some alleys were just buildings, but Crown Bowl was a gathering place. Part of our Vintage Los Angeles collection, featuring the iconic local landmarks of yesteryear. The Details: