Cove Bowl - Wilmington, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Women's T-Shirt Size:S It was a gathering place

It was a gathering place that held a neighborhood together

with crumb fragments visible at the jagged split

A yellow banner across the oval reads "CRANBERRY JUICE" flanked by small cranberry branch illustrations

" in light lettering

a beige Winnebago motorhome with stubby wings and blue engine glow

Cove Bowl - Wilmington, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Women's T-Shirt Size:S It was a gathering placeCove 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