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Title
Aerial view of downtown Long Beach in 1959
Creator
Pacific Air Industries (#59-1583)
Date Created and/or Issued
1959-07-09
Contributing Institution
Long Beach Public Library
Collection
Long Beach Photos
Rights Information
For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description
An aerial photograph taken from an altitude of 900 feet of downtown Long Beach. The image is looking Southwest from about 7th Street and Pacific Avenue. In the photograph, The Pike is visible in the center left secton of the photograph and just below is Lincoln Park. The Port of Long Beach is at the far right with several vessels visible through the haze. DATE NOTES: Date on front of photograph ORIG. IMAGE: 8" X 10", Black and white glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Ships, oil wells, derricks, buildings, homes, apartments, amusement park.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
LBPL_1663.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/1988
Subject
Long Beach (Calif.). Aerial photographs. Photography--California
Relation
Downtown - 1950's

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