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Samples from the Historical Society of Long Beach’s Photo Collection


Our photo collection is extensive. Below are examples of some of the most popular and requested photos from the collection. Enjoy!

Pine Ave. downtown, 1930
Broadlind Hotel, 1929
Beauty contestants, 1926
Virginia Hotel skiff race, 1927
Pike from Pine Ave. Pier, 1915
Queen Mary arrival, 1967
Pike with Figure 8, c. 1910
Daugherty Beet, 1900s
Queen Mary escorted into Long Beach, 1967
Navy harbor lookout, c. 1950s
Beach with Pike, 1926
Colorado Lagoon swim lesson, 1935
Ferris wheel beauty contestants, 1955
Belmont Shore Second St, c. 1930
Pike walk of a thousand lights, 1932
Municipal Auditorium mosaic, 1939
Bathers on beach, c. 1902
Richfield refinery explosion, 1933
Surfing lineup, 1938
Ocean Blvd, c. 1930
Surfing ready for the gun, 1938
Divers at Colorado Lagoon, 1935
Ocean Blvd looking east, 1949
Bathers dancing, c. 1925
Bathers at Pine Ave. Pier, c. 1910
East beach, 1953
Sailors eating burgers, c. 1937
Municipal Auditorium, 1935
Bluff Park, c. 1930
Race Cars at State Theatre, 1934
Daugherty wingwalkers, c. 1920s
Pine Ave. Pier entrance, c. 1910
Virginia Hotel staircase, 1915
West Beach bath house, c. 1902
Downtown aerial, c. 1945
Daugherty School of Aviation, c. 1921
Fire Dept. No. 1, 1909
Bixby Park aerial, c. 1929
Villa Surfer, 1938
Auto Show Municipal Auditorium, 1935
Breakwater first rock, 1925
Charles Lindbergh, 1929
Municipal Auditorium curtains, 1932
Concert hall Municipal Auditorium, 1932
Long Beach aerial, 1937
Broadway Ave, 1927
Bluff Park aerial, 1927
Traffic Circle aerial, 1947
Bixby Knolls Shopping Center, c. 1955
Municipal Auditorium Park, c. 1937
Pina Ave. and Broadway, 1930
F.S. Jones Bicycle store, 546 American Ave., c. 1925
Signal Hill area with Sunnyside Cemetery, c. 1926
Longfellow Elementary, 1929
Looking west on Ocean Blvd. from the Villa Riviera, 1932
Powel School building, c. 1926
Naples canal, c. 1925
Sunbathers on the beach at the Pacific Coast Club, c. 1960
Young women on the beach at the Pacific Coats Club, c. 1950
Traffic Circle area, 1960
Downtown rooftop view looking west, 1934
Jergins Trust building and State Theatre, c. 1927
Pedestrian tunnel entrance from the north side of Ocean Blvd. to the beach, c. 1950s
Rooftop view down the Pine Ave. and Rainbow piers, 1934
Locust Ave. looking south from Broadway, 1927
Parked in front of the Pacific Coast Club, 1927
Soda fountain at the Harriman Jones Clinic, c. 1920
Desmond's Department Store at Broadway & Locust, 1931
Java Lanes Bowling Alley, c. 1960s
Brayton's Theatre after the 'quake, 1933
Pacific Coast Club, c. 1927
Oil derricks at Signal Hill, c. 1927
Looking north on Pine Ave. from Ocean Blvd., c. 1950s

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