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The 1933 Long Beach quake, a disaster followed by resilience and rebuilding

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyMar 10, 2023Mar 12, 2025

A good part of the immediate post-quake work was the further destruction of the quake-crippled buildings that were beyond repair and constituted a peril as aftershocks continued to work at crumbling structures, sending masonry crashing to the streets in thundering salvos.

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Local history: Heartwell Park was Long Beach’s civic line of defense

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyFeb 17, 2023Feb 16, 2023
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Local history: Flicks through the dashboard—the era of drive-in movies

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyFeb 10, 2023Feb 13, 2023
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Local history: The splendid but short life of the Long Beach Hotel

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyFeb 3, 2023Feb 2, 2023
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Local history: The oil islands and how they got their names

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyJan 27, 2023Feb 6, 2025
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Local history: How Long Beach enthusiastically passed a bond measure to buy Recreation Park in 1923

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyJan 20, 2023Nov 22, 2024
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Local history: The Broadlind Hotel, built for bachelors with tobacco money in 1928

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyJan 13, 2023Jan 11, 2023
A postcard picture of the birds at the Long Beach Ostrich farm.
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Local history: The Long Beach Ostrich Farm

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyJan 6, 2023Jan 5, 2023
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Local history: Long Beach’s joyless dancing ordinance in the 1920s

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyDec 30, 2022Dec 28, 2022
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Local history: Long Beach’s renowned snake whisperer, Grace Olive Wiley

Avatar photoby Tim GrobatyDec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022

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