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Long Beach 908 Magazine Online
Mar 31, 20181 min read
Early Long Beach History - Puvungna
Did you know that before California State University, Long Beach, before The Pike, and even before Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch &...
Mar 2, 20186 min read
Shoot Your Shot with Dan Gooch at The Annex
We sat down with Long Beach Century Club member and sports history buff Dan Gooch at the Annex to chat about the sports figures of Long...
Feb 16, 20182 min read
908's Week of Love: "No Kissing"
No one knows exactly how Valentine’s Day began, but what would it be without a kiss between lovers? Well, folks Long Beach was faced with...
Feb 14, 20182 min read
908's Week of Love: "An Elopement"
It was almost like Romeo and Juliet, fifteen-year-old Jennie Thomson of Duarte thought as she eloped with twenty-four year-old Homer...
Feb 13, 20182 min read
908's Week of Love: "Lost Love Found"
Stories of Love Remembered What would Valentine’s Day be like without stories of love? Tales of romance around Long Beach. Let me share a...
Jan 19, 20183 min read
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders (continued)
Park Estates Boundaries: Pacific Coast Highway and Clark Avenue, Atherton Street and Bellflower Boulevard Tract 14673 was initially laid...
Jan 9, 20184 min read
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools (continued)
Burcham Elementary School 5610 E Monlaco Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808 David Burcham has been credited for the strong moral fiber that ran...
Dec 29, 20174 min read
New Year's Eve in Long Beach | The Penny Scramble
Tabernacle - 3rd Street and Locust In Long Beach, New Year’s Eve has always been a popular time to celebrate. One hundred twenty years...
Dec 26, 20172 min read
Ladies of Long Beach Lanes
A pioneer Long Beach resident named Elvia Bartow Astle, the daughter of a prominent hotel owner named J.V. Bartow, proposed many of the...
Dec 15, 20173 min read
Other Notable Landmarks in Long Beach
Joan Van Blom Bridge By Paul Slater Pacific Coast Highway at the Los Cerritos Channel Legendary Olympic rower Joan Van Blom, who passed...
Dec 3, 20172 min read
Long Beach Parks Honor History and Heroism
Drake Park 951 Main Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813 Drake Park, located west of Maine Avenue, is named after another Civil War veteran, Col....
Nov 27, 20174 min read
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders...(continued)
Bixby Hill Bixby Hill is a gated community located across the street on the east side of California State University, Long Beach. The...
Nov 6, 20174 min read
Daugherty Field (Long Beach Municipal Airport) & the Jergins Tunnel
Earl Daugherty is the aviator credited for establishing the first inland airfield in Long Beach Before it was called the Long Beach...
Nov 3, 20175 min read
Building Neighborhoods Into Communities Through Libraries
Lloyd Whaley’s Los Altos Neighborhood Library 5614 E. Britton Dr, Long Beach, CA 90815 Lloyd Whaley had a vision. It was much larger...
Oct 25, 20173 min read
Blair Field: Named for the man who saw it's potential
4700 Deukmajian Drive, Long Beach, CA 90804 The nostalgia surrounding Blair Field is second to none and it’s hard not to get the chills...
Oct 19, 20173 min read
The Many Names of That State College in Long Beach
What’s in a name? Well, for California State University, Long Beach the question is more accurately – What is your name? Throughout the...
Oct 16, 20174 min read
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools
Picking a name for a school is no easy venture, in particular when so many seek to have their chance at shaping history. Names are chosen...
Oct 13, 20174 min read
The Many Colors Behind Long Beach Street Names
Ever wonder what’s in a Long Beach street name? Like what’s a Woodruff? And what’s the story behind the street no one can spell, or...
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