Cove Bowl - Wilmington, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex T-Shirt Color:Light Blue " above a cream woodcut-style

" above a cream woodcut-style landscape depicting a snow-capped mountain peak

An orange ribbon reads "Dirty Hippy Flavor" beside a bare foot

with a second location on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City

Founded in 1923

That stretch of beach was becoming the vacation capital of postwar America

Cove Bowl - Wilmington, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex T-Shirt Color:Light Blue " above a cream woodcut-styleCove Bowl stood along Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington, California, a harbor town where longshoremen and dockworkers unwound after grueling shifts. Operating through the mid twentieth century, it served a tight knit working class community built around the port. Some alleys belonged to their neighborhoods so completely they became landmarks no one thought to question. Part of our Vintage Los Angeles collection, featuring the iconic local landmarks