Long Beach successfully incorporated as a city in 1888, and would eventually become California's fifth largest city. Author Marlin Heckman has compiled over 200 vintage postcards to chronicle the history of the "Queen of Beaches." Competition between the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads brought great numbers of
Long Beach successfully incorporated as a city in 1888, and would eventually become California's fifth largest city. Author Marlin Heckman has compiled over 200 vintage postcards to chronicle the history of the "Queen of Beaches." Competition between the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads brought great numbers of visitors to Southern California at the turn of the century. Resort hotels, apartments, pavilions, and band shells quickly dotted the landscape to accommodate the massive influx of tourists. Seen here are the more famous Long Beach attractions, including Rainbow Pier, the Sun Pavilion, the Hotel del Mar, and the great "Walk of a Thousand Lights," or the Pike, as it was better known.
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Downtown Long Beach - #TBT time, Long Beach This postcard, from a series of postcards dubbed Long Beach, California: The Queen of the Beaches, was published in the 1940s. Advertising Long Beach
Long Beach in Vintage Postcards – Arcadia Publishing
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Circa 1960's Long Beach, California, Queen of the Beaches Vintage Postcard
Long Beach 1888 – LOST DOG Art & Frame
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A Compendium of Vintage Postcards from the Great American Road Trip
Long Beach Vintage Nautical Map – LOST DOG Art & Frame
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