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Aerial shot of Howard Hughes’s aircraft, the Spruce Goose, undergoes final assembly on Terminal Island, Long Beach, California, 1947
In June of 1947, Howard Hughes was finally ready to transport the massive hull and two wing sections of his H-4 Hercules aircraft – aka the Spruce Goose, but don’t call it that when Hughes was around! – from his … Continue reading
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Aerial shot of Lakewood built to house up to 70,000 people, many of them Douglas Aircraft employees, near Long Beach, California, circa 1950s
Here we have a shot of the peak of post-war planned community housing. Lakewood was developed as a planned community near Long Beach, beginning in late 1949 and taking roughly four years to complete. Home buyers had a choice of … Continue reading
Oil wells tower over Sunnyside Cemetery in the Signal Hill section of Long Beach, California, circa 1937
After posting yesterday’s photo of the Signal Hill oil field near Long Beach, California, someone sent me this photo, also taken circa 1937. It’s the same oil wells, but this time we’re seeing them from across the Sunnyside Cemetery at … Continue reading
A forest of oil derricks sprouts up on the Signal Hill oil field, Long Beach, California, 1937
In yesterday’s photo of Vine St in 1960, I commented that I could almost hear the sounds and inhale the smells. This photo similar, but not in quite the same way. In this aerial photo, we’re seeing the forest of … Continue reading
Pacific Electric Railway opens its Long Beach streetcar line from the corner of 6th and Main Sts in downtown Los Angeles, July 4, 1902
Having created the Pacific Electric Railway in 1901, Henry E. Huntington open his streetcar line to Long Beach on July 4, 1902, and fortunately, a photographer was around to capture the moment its first passengers. The line started at the … Continue reading
Color photo of a Red Car running along Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, circa early 1960s
This vibrant color photo gives us a glimpse of what it was like to cruise along Ocean Blvd in Long Beach sometime during the early 1960s. This was back when the Red Cars were still running, and they stopped in … Continue reading
U.S. Navy airship USS Shenandoah dirigible over downtown Long Beach, California, October 16, 1924
Imagine being in Long Beach on October 16, 1924 and looking up into the skies to see the U.S. Navy airship USS Shenandoah dirigible floating over you. These days Angelenos are used to seeing the Goodyear blimp, which is around … Continue reading
Looking east along E. Ocean Blvd toward the Villa Riviera Hotel, Long Beach, 1934
In this photo, we’re looking east along E. Ocean Blvd toward the 16-story Villa Riviera Hotel in Long Beach. At one time, Joseph M. Schenck of 20th Century-Fox studios and his movie-star wife Norma Talmadge, owned the hotel. The photo … Continue reading
Color photo of a Chevrolet and a Ford Model A driving through the oil fields of Signal Hill, Long Beach, California, 1952
The vitality of this color photo is particularly striking, isn’t it? Although no longer around, those oil wells in the background used to dot the Signal Hill area of Long Beach for decades. It must have been a dirty, smelly, … Continue reading
A nighttime shot of the Lone Palm Gas Station serving Sunset Gasoline, Long Beach, California, 1934
Here we have a wonderfully atmospheric nighttime shot of the Lone Palm Gas Station somewhere in Long Beach, California in 1934. I couldn’t find much information on it, so I don’t know if that lone palm tree is real or … Continue reading