Long Beach, California, 1908 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Long Beach, California, 1908, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Long Beach pier, Long Beach, Cal.
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Long Beach, California, 1908
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Long Beach in 1908 was a young seaside town on the Los Angeles County coast, where amusements along the beachfront drew crowds from the city inland. Hotels, bathhouses, and boardinghouses depended on summer visitors, while many residents also worked on small farms, in local trades, and in the land sales that brought newcomers into the surrounding tracts. The population was still small enough that most people knew one another, and churches, clubs, and town gatherings shaped daily life nearly as much as the ocean did. A view of the town from this period shows a community still deciding what it would become, with the beach and its visitors as its chief asset.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | lambert, w. d. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--California |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,299 × 811 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Long Beach pier, Long Beach, Cal. |
| Reference | CA Long Beach 2 1908 |
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